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RIAJ Digital Track Chart

2009-09-21T09:42:01Z

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The {{Nihongo|'''RIAJ Digital Track chart'''|RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート|RIAJ Yuuryou ongaku haishin chaato}} is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in [[Japan]], provided by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] since April 2009.<ref name="RIAJpress">http://www.riaj.or.jp/release/2009/pr090410.html</ref> The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday and updated on every Friday at 11 a.m ([[Japan Standard Time|JST]]).<ref name="RIAJpress" /><ref>http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html</ref> The first number-one song on this chart was "[[It's All Love!]]" by [[Kumi Koda]] and [[Misono]].<ref>http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090407&rankKbn=50</ref>

==Songs with the most weeks at number one==
;4 weeks
*[[Greeeen]] - "Haruka"

;3 weeks
*[[Juju (singer)|Juju]] with Jay'ed - "Ashita ga Kurunara"
*[[Infinity 16]] welcomez Waka-danna from [[Shounan-no-kaze]] & [[Jay'ed]] - "Tsutaetaikoto ga Konnaarunoni"

;2 weeks
*[[Exile (Japanese band)|Exile]] - "Yasashii Hikari"
*[[Ayumi Hamasaki]] - "[[Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)|Sunrise (Love Is All)]]"

==See also==
*[[List of number-one digital singles of 2009 (Japan)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html RIAJ Digital Track chart] {{ja icon}}

[[Category:Japanese record charts]]

[[ja:RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート]]

RIAJ Digital Track Chart

2009-09-05T02:31:47Z

Tsukamoto:

The {{Nihongo|'''RIAJ Digital Track chart'''|RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート|RIAJ Yuuryou ongaku haishin chaato}} is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in [[Japan]], provided by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] since April 2009.<ref name="RIAJpress">http://www.riaj.or.jp/release/2009/pr090410.html</ref> The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday and updated on every Friday at 11 a.m ([[Japan Standard Time|JST]]).<ref name="RIAJpress" /><ref>http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html</ref> The first number-one song on this chart was "[[It's All Love!]]" by [[Kumi Koda]] and [[Misono]].<ref>http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090407&rankKbn=50</ref>

==Songs with the most weeks at number one==
;4 weeks
*[[Greeeen]] - "Haruka"

;3 weeks
*[[Juju (singer)|Juju]] with Jay'ed - "Ashita ga Kurunara"

;2 weeks
*[[Exile (Japanese band)|Exile]] - "Yasashii Hikari"
*[[Ayumi Hamasaki]] - "[[Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)|Sunrise (Love Is All)]]"
*[[Infinity 16]] welcomez Waka-danna from [[Shounan-no-kaze]] & [[Jay'ed]] - "Tsutaetaikoto ga Konnaarunoni"

==See also==
*[[List of number-one digital singles of 2009 (Japan)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html RIAJ Digital Track chart] {{ja icon}}

[[Category:Japanese record charts]]

[[ja:RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート]]

RIAJ Digital Track Chart

2009-08-23T00:50:38Z

Tsukamoto:

The {{Nihongo|'''RIAJ Digital Track chart'''|RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート|RIAJ Yuuryou ongaku haishin chaato}} is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in [[Japan]], provided by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] since April 2009.<ref name="RIAJpress">http://www.riaj.or.jp/release/2009/pr090410.html</ref> The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday and updated on every Friday at 11 a.m ([[Japan Standard Time|JST]]).<ref name="RIAJpress" /><ref>http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html</ref> The first number-one song on this chart was "[[It's All Love!]]" by [[Kumi Koda]] and [[Misono]].<ref>http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090407&rankKbn=50</ref>

==Songs with the most weeks at number one==
;4 weeks
*[[Greeeen]] - "Haruka"

;3 weeks
*[[Juju]] with Jay'ed - "Ashita ga Kurunara"

;2 weeks
*[[Exile (Japanese band)|Exile]] - "Yasashii Hikari"
*[[Ayumi Hamasaki]] - "[[Sunrise/Sunset (Love Is All)|Sunrise (Love Is All)]]"

==See also==
*[[List of number-one digital singles of 2009 (Japan)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html RIAJ Digital Track chart] {{ja icon}}

[[Category:Japanese record charts]]

[[ja:RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート]]

RIAJ Digital Track Chart

2009-08-08T07:28:12Z

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The {{Nihongo|'''RIAJ Digital Track chart'''|RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート|RIAJ Yuuryou ongaku haishin chaato}} is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in [[Japan]], provided by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] since April 2009. The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday.<ref>http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html</ref> The first number-one song on this chart was "[[It's All Love!]]" by [[Kumi Koda]] and [[Misono]].<ref>http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090407&rankKbn=50</ref>

==Songs with the most weeks at number one==
;4 weeks
*[[Greeeen]] - "Haruka"

;3 weeks
*[[Juju]] with Jay'ed - "Ashita ga Kurunara"

;2 weeks
*[[Exile (Japanese band)|Exile]] - "Yasashii Hikari"

==See also==
*[[List of number-one digital singles of 2009 (Japan)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html RIAJ Digital Track chart] {{ja icon}}

[[Category:Japanese record charts]]

[[ja:RIAJ有料音楽配信チャート]]

Just Dance (Lied)

2009-05-13T13:34:10Z

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{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Just Dance
| Cover = LadyGagaJustDance.jpg
| Artist = [[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
| Album = [[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]
| Released = {{Start date|2008|4|8}} (see [[#Release history|Release history]])
| Format = [[CD single|CD]], [[digital download]], [[12-inch single|12" vinyl]]
| Recorded = 2008
| Genre = [[Dance-pop]], [[electropop]]
| Length = 4:01
| Label = Streamline, [[Kon Live]], [[Interscope]], [[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]]
| Writer = [[Lady Gaga]], [[RedOne]], [[Akon|Aliaune "Akon" Thiam]]
| Producer = [[RedOne]]
| Audio sample? =
| Certification = 3x Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]) Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Chronology = [[Lady Gaga]] singles
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]" (2008)
| Misc =
{{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Colby O'Donis]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[What You Got (Colby O'Donis song)|What You Got]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Don't Turn Back]]" (2008)
}}
}}

"'''Just Dance'''" is a [[dance-pop]] song recorded by American [[Pop music|pop]] singer [[Lady Gaga]]. The song is written by Gaga and features labelmate [[Colby O'Donis]], additional vocals by [[Akon]] and was produced by [[RedOne]]. It was released as the [[lead single]] from Gaga's [[debut album]], ''[[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]'' in 2008. The song was written by Gaga in ten minutes as "a happy record". An uptempo dance song, "Just Dance" also has influences of R&B and lyrically speaks about being [[intoxication|intoxicated]] at a house party.<ref name="songfacts"/>

The song has been critically appreciated with reviewers complimenting its club anthem-like nature and the synth pop associated with it. The song has also achieved commercial success by topping charts in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as well as reaching the top ten in many other countries. In the United States, "Just Dance" was a [[sleeper hit]], spending almost five months on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] before finally reaching the summit of the chart in January of 2009.<ref name="aces">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7978791.stm|title=Lady GaGa draws aces on US charts|date=April 2, 2009|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2009-05-03}}</ref> It scored the third-biggest single-week sum of all time selling 419,000 downloads in just one week.<ref name="download"/>

The music video of the song portrayed Lady Gaga appearing in a party where she plays the song, prompting party-goers to start dancing in enjoyment. Gaga compared her experience of shooting the video with being on a [[Martin Scorsese]] set. "Just Dance" was performed by Gaga in a number of live appearances including her first headlining [[The Fame Ball tour|Fame Ball tour]] where she performed it in a dress shaped like a [[tutu]] and carrying her trademark disco-stick and video sunglasses. In 2009, the song received a [[51st Grammy Awards|Grammy]] nomination in the [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]] category but lost to [[electronic]] duo [[Daft Punk]] for their song "[[Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger#Structure|Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1600678/20081204/coldplay.jhtml|title=Lil Wayne, Coldplay Lead Grammy Nominations|date=December 4, 2008|accessdate=2009-04-27|last=Harris|first=Chris|work=[[MTV]]|publisher=[[MTV Networks Entertainment Group]]}}</ref>

==Writing and inspiration==
[[File:Justdancesheet.JPG|250px|right|thumb|"Just Dance" sheet music showing the chord progression and beat rate.]]
"Just Dance" is written by Gaga and [[Akon]] with co-writing by [[RedOne]] who also produced the track. In an interview with ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' Gaga explained her inspiration for writing the song. She said,
<blockquote>
"I was very hungover. I wrote the song in about 10 minutes with [producer] RedOne. And it was my first time being in a Hollywood studio. Very pristine, big huge room with giant speakers."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/people/story/986150.html|title=There's more to Lady GaGa than irresistible beats|last=Town|first=Coming|date=April 6, 2009|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|publisher=Miami Herald Publishing Company|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>
</blockquote>
Gaga wrote "Just Dance" during January 2007 and according to her it was "hard work and a lot of people didnt believe in it at first".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lady-gaga/news/91020-lady-gaga-interview|title=Lady GaGa Interview|last=Madsen|first=Ben|date=January 15, 2009|work=[[MTV]]|publisher=[[MTV Networks Entertainment Group]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> In an interview with [[Contactmusic.com]] Gaga explained that "Just Dance" is a happy record and is supposed to be appreciated by people going through rough times like losing jobs and homes etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/gaga%20i%20wrote%20hit%20in%2010%20minutes_1100865|title='I wrote hit in 10 minutes'|first=Contactmusic |last=Press|date=April 17, 2009|work=[[Contactmusic.com]]|publisher=Contact Music Ltd.|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Gaga further explained with [[Artistdirect.com]] that she wanted to write a beautiful record with "Just Dance". Being asked the reason for which "Just Dance" has become popular, Gaga said that she thought, <blockquote>"[E]veryone is looking for a song that really speaks to the joy in our souls and in our hearts and having a good time. It's just one of those records. It feels really good, and when you listen to it, it makes you feel good inside. It's as simple as that. I don't think it's rocket science when it comes to the heart. I think it's a heart theme song."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4931544,00.html|title=Interview: Lady Gaga|date=January 30, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-27|work=[[Artistdirect.com]]|publisher=[[ARTISTdirect, Inc.]]}}</ref></blockquote>

==Music and lyrics==
{{listen
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| title = Lady Gaga "Just Dance"
| description = A 30 second sample of Gaga's "Just Dance" featuring the chorus sung by Gaga and O'Donis in the range of B3 to C{{music|sharp}} backed by a synth marching beat.
| format = [[Ogg]]
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"Just Dance" is an umtempo dance song. Predominantly electropop,<ref name="about2"/> it combines synths of clipped marching beats, sawing [[electronic music|electronics]] and contains mild [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] infused beats.<ref name="guardian"/> The song is set in [[compound time]] with a moderate beat rate of 124 [[beats per minute]]. It is written in the key of [[C-sharp minor|C{{music|sharp}} minor]]. Gaga's vocal spans the two octaves of G3 to C5.<ref name="sheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0070084|title=Digital Sheet Music - Lady Gaga Just Dance|work=Music Notes.com|publisher=[[Alfred Publishing Company]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> The song begins with a fast tempo following by the synth arrangement and Gaga uttering the lyrics "A red one". The song goes into the same tempo during the chorus with Gaga's vocals spanning from B3 to C{{music|sharp}}.<ref name="sheet"/> The chords are arranged in the progression of F---Am---C---G--D-F---Am---C---G--D-F.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/l/lady_gaga/just_dance_intro_crd.htm.|title=Just Dance chord progression|work=Ultimate-Guitar.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Colby O'Donis sings the interlude in the same range as Gaga.<ref name="sheet"/> An R&B influenced interlude is sung by Gaga,<ref name="guardian"/> after which the chorus is repeated with Colby providing backup vocals and the marching beats. The song ends with an echoing of the word "dance".<ref name="sheet"/> Lyrically, "Just Dance" throws a partial tongue-in-cheek perspective with lyrics like "What's going on on the floor? / I love this record, baby but I can't see straight anymore".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/music/lady_gaga|title=Lady Gaga:The Fame|last=Koski|first=Genevieve|date=November 10, 2008|work=[[A. V. Club]]|publisher=www.avclub.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> The lyrics deal with about being completely [[Intoxication|intoxicated]] at a party.<ref name="songfacts">{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=12724|title=Just Dance by Lady Gaga Songfacts|publisher=Songfacts|accessdate=2009-05-03}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
The song has received generally positive reviews. Matthew Chisling of [[Allmusic]] called the song as galactic and compared it to "Money Honey", another track from [[The Fame (album)|her album]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:apfpxzlkldje|title=allmusic ((( The Fame > Overview )))|last=Chisling|first=Matthew|date=Spetember 9, 2008|work=[[Allmusic]]|publisher=[[Macrovision Corporation]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Alex Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it a "beguilingly compulsive tale of pulling a drug-induced whitey, with a combination of clipped marching beats, sawing electronics and mild R&B flavour that bears a vague resemblance to [[Nelly Furtado]]'s "[[Maneater (song)|Maneater]]".<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame|last=Petridis|first=Alex|date=January 9, 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Ben Norman of [[About.com]] said that the song "opens the album like a valkyrie leading the charge [...] riding triumphant ahead of her army. If you don't know this song, use your browser. I won't waste time explaining what it sounds like." However he also noted that the song is not groundbreaking and compared it to the works of [[Rihanna]], [[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]] and [[Pussycat Dolls]].<ref name="about1">{{cite web|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/LadyGagaTheFame.htm|title=Lady Gaga - 'The Fame'|last=Norman|first=Ben|date=October 2, 2008|work=[[About.com]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Bill Lamb from About.com called the song tame but catchy enough for Gaga to be noticed by mainstream. He also added that "'Just Dance' has strong energy and features Lady GaGa's striking voice, but it ultimately adds up to rather bland dance-pop." [[Colby O' Donis]]' smooth vocals were also complimented.<ref name="about2">{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/justdance.htm|title=Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis - "Just Dance"|last=Lamb|first=Bill|date=October 3, 2008|work=[[About.com]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Evan Sawdey of [[PopMatters.com]] said that "Just Dance" is an intensely catchy single and is an excellent indicator of what the album was all about.<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/|title=Lady GaGa: The Fame|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=January 12, 2009|work=[[PopMatters.com]]|publisher=PopMatters Media Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Ben Hogwood of ''MusicOMH.com'' praised the song saying, "You won't get many more catchy party odes than the chart topping Just Dance this year, a polished gem set to lodge in your head for the next few weeks."<ref name="omh">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/lady-gaga_0109.htm|title=Lady Gaga - The Fame|last=Hogwood|first=Ben|date=January 12, 2009|work=MusicOMH|publisher=OMH|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Freedom lu Lac of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described the song to be "filled with mindlessly frothy synth-pop that matches low-grade dance grooves with GaGa's icy, almost disembodied vocals about dancing bliss".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102702579.html|title='Fame' Isn't Worth Getting GaGa Over|last=du Lac|first=J. Freedom|date=October 28, 2008|work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=[[The Washington Post Company]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Lynn Saxberg from ''[[The Ottawa Citizen]]'' while reviewing Gaga's [[The Fame Ball Tour]], called the song a perfect sing-along club anthem.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Concert+Review+Lady+Gaga+Fame+Ball/1439756/story.html|title=Concert Review: Lady Gaga's Fame Ball|last=Saxberg|first=Lynn|date=March 28, 2009|work=[[The Ottawa Citizen]]|publisher=[[Canwest Publishing Inc]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Sal Cinquemani from [[Slant Magazine]] that the song resembles the "desperate train wreck you're likely to encounter getting wasted at any dive on the L.E.S. at four in the morning" as is emphasized by the lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?id=1558|title=Lady GaGa The Fame|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=October 25, 2008|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|publisher=Ed Gonzalez Publications|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> Talia Kranes from [[BBC]] called the song irresistible and said that "the catchiness of her songs is sure to cement her place in the list of pop idols". However she mistakenly wrote the name of the song as "Let's Dance".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/f6bd|title=Lady GaGa The Fame Review|last=Kraines|first=Talia|date=January 9, 2009|work=[[BBC]]|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
[[File:Fameballjustdance2.jpg|210px|right|thumb|Gaga, holding her discostick, takes a bow to the audience after finishing the performance of "Just Dance" while flanked by her dancers and DJ [[Space Cowboy (musician)|Space Cowboy]] on [[The Fame Ball Tour]] - March 14, 2009, Mezzanine, San Francisco.]]
"Just Dance" was a club-hit in United States peaking at number two on both the [[Hot Dance Airplay]] and [[Hot Dance Club Play]] charts during the summer of 2008.<ref name="clubplay">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=359&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Dance+Club+Play&ci=3097227&cdi=9815761&cid=07%2F05%2F2008|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance - Hot Dance Club Play|date=July 5, 2008|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref><ref name="airplay">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=348&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Dance+Airplay&ci=3106105&cdi=10130706&cid=02%2F14%2F2009|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance - Hot Dance Airplay|date=February 14, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> The song entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart at seventy-six on August 16, 2008. It rose to number two on the Hot 100, after selling 419,000 in downloads as per the issue dated January 10, 2009.<ref name="download">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/beyonce-starts-2009-atop-the-hot-100-1003926344.story|title=Beyonce Starts 2009 Atop The Hot 100|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=January 1, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> In the same issue, the song rose to number one on the [[Pop 100]].<ref name="pop100">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=396&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Pop+100&ci=3107232&cdi=10168041&cid=04%2F04%2F2009|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance - Pop 100|date=April 4, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> The next week, the song finally rose to number one on the Hot 100. The single took twenty-two weeks to hit the top spot, which is the second-longest climb to number one since [[Creed (band)|Creed]]'s "[[With Arms Wide Open]]" took 27 weeks before finally reaching number one in November 2000.<ref name="hot100">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lady-gaga-dances-to-the-top-of-hot-100-1003928479.story|title=Lady GaGa Dances To The Top Of Hot 100|first=Jonathan |last=Cohen|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]]|date=January 8, 2009|accessdate=2009-01-09|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.}}</ref> The song also appeared on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart where it peaked at seventy-two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=367&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Songs&ci=3106746&cdi=10152208&cid=03%2F14%2F2009|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|author=|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=March 19, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> On March 12, 2009, the single was certified three times [[Music recording sales certifications|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for net sales of three million.<ref name=riaa>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Just%20Dance&artist=Lady%20Gaga&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance RIAA certification|date=March 11, 2009|accessdate=2009-03-12|work=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.}}</ref>

The track debuted at number thirty-four on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] on July 21, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2008/30|title=Australian ARIA Singles Chart|date=July 21, 2008|work=[[ARIA Charts]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> and moved up to seventeen the next week becoming the chart's "greatest gainer".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2008/31|title=Australian ARIA Singles Chart|date=July 28, 2008|work=[[ARIA Charts]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> On the issue dated September 15, 2008, the track topped the chart for one week before being knocked off the top spot for [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]'s "[[So What]]".<ref name="aria">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2008/38|title=Australian ARIA Singles Chart|date=September 15, 2008|work=[[ARIA Charts]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> It has since been certified three times [[Music recording sales certifications|platinum]] by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) with sales of over 210,000 copies.<ref name="ariacerti">{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accr.htm|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance ARIA certification|date=March 31, 2009|work=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|accessdate=2009-04-29}}</ref> In Canada, the song debuted at number ninety-seven on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] for the issue dated June 7, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/canada_singles_top_100/2008/23|title=Canadian Hot 100|date=June 7, 2008|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> It reached the peak for the issue dated August 23, 2008 and was on the top for five consecutive weeks.<ref name="canada">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/canada_singles_top_100/2008/34|title=Canadian Hot 100|date=August 23, 2008|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>

In Ireland, the song debuted at number eleven on the issue dated January 2, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/ireland_singles_top_50/2009/01|title=Irish Singles Chart|date=January 2, 2009|work=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> On the issue dated January 15, 2009 it peaked the chart.<ref name="irish">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/ireland_singles_top_50/2009/03|title=Irish Singles Chart|date=January 2, 2009|work=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> The single debuted on the New Zealand charts at number nineteen in the same week it appeared in the Australian chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2008/30|title=New Zealand Top 40|date=July 21, 2008|work=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> It reached a peak of number three on the New Zealand's singles chart.<ref name="rianz">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2008/33|title=New Zealand Top 40|date=August 11, 2008|work=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> It has been certified [[Music recording sales certifications|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]] (RIANZ).<ref name="rianzcerti"/> The song also peaked the charts in Netherlands on the issue dated February 28, 2009.<ref name="dutch">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/dutch_top_40/2009/09|title=Dutch Top 40|work=[[MegaCharts]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, "Just Dance" debuted at number three on the issue dated January 4, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75/2009/02|title=UK Singles Chart|date=January 4, 2009|work=[[The Official Charts Company]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> It rose to number one on January 11, 2009, and remained at the top for three weeks.<ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75/2009/03|title=UK Singles Chart|date=January 11, 2009|work=[[The Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> In January 12, 2009 interview, Gaga explained her feelings on topping the charts in the United Kingdom. She said,
<blockquote>
"It's been a long running dream to have a big hit in the UK - my fans there are so sexy and the people are so innovative and free in how they think about pop culture and music. I was in my apartment in [[Los Angeles]] getting ready to go to dance rehearsal when they called and told me, and I just cried."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.uk.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?cp-documentid=12685666|title='New Madonna' tops UK singles chart|last=Net|first=Press|date=January 12, 2009|work=[[MSN]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>
</blockquote>

The track has achieved similar success throughout Europe reaching the top ten in countries like Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the top twenty of Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) and France.<ref name="ultratop">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa&titel=Just+Dance&cat=s|title=Just Dance in the world charts|work=[[Ultratop 50]]|publisher=australian-charts.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>

==Music video==
[[Image:Lady gaga-justdance-musicvideo.PNG|left|201px|thumb|Gaga wearing a blue colored, lightning-bolt shaped sticker under her eye in the music video of "Just Dance"]]

The video was directed by music video director [[Melina Matsoukas]], and is based on the thematic content of the song of being in a party.<ref name="interscope">{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?mid=4531&aid=599|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance Music Video|work=[[Interscope Records]]|publisher=www.interscope.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> The video begins with Gaga arriving with her dancers, Dina and Pepper, at a [[house party]] which seems to have ended. One of the dancers puts a Discolite [[Boombox]] on, blaring the music through the house. The crowd at the party appear to be sleeping in different areas, and are awoken by the music.<ref name="interscope"/> They all start to dance, and scenes of the party are inter cut with scenes of a scantily dressed Lady Gaga dancing in a [[poncho]], with a disco ball or in a small rubber pool playing with an inflated killer whale.<ref name="interscope"/> She wears a blue, lightning-bolt shaped sticker beneath her right eye like that on the single cover, which was a tribute to her music idol [[David Bowie]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Lady Gaga – Transmission Gaga-vision: Episode 31 | url=http://www.ladygaga.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=20259&cmnt=1#s_comments_anchor | publisher=LadyGaga.com | work=[[Interscope Records]] | date=January 27, 2009 | accessdate=2009-02-10}}</ref> [[Colby O'Donis]] also appears in the video being flanked by several girls during the "When I come through on the dance floor" interlude.<ref name="interscope"/> Cameo appearances are made by [[Akon]], [[Space Cowboy (musician)|Space Cowboy]] and fellow label hip-hop band [[Flipsyde]]. [[MTV]] called the video as an ode to the "Me Decade".<ref name="mtvmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589013/20080609/id_0.jhtml|title=Lady GaGa Brings Her Artistic Vision Of Pop Music To New Album |last=Harris|first=Chris|coauthors=Kim Stolz|date=June 9, 2008|work=[[MTV]]|publisher=[[MTV Networks Entertainment Group]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> In an interview with [[About.com]] when asked regarding the shooting experience of the music video, Gaga explained about the video and her experience behind shooting it. She said,
<blockquote>
"Oh it was so fun, it was amazing. For me it was like being on a [[Martin Scorsese]] set. I've been so low budget for so long, and to have this incredibly amazing video was really very humbling. It was really fun, but you'll see if you ever come to a video shoot of mine one day – I'm very private about those things, I don't really talk to everybody. I'm not like the party girl running around. I might even seem to be a bit of a diva. I'm sort of with myself, in my work head space worrying about costumes, and if extras look right, and placement. I don't just show up for things, you know. That video was a vision of mine. It was Melina the director who wanted to do something, to have a performance art aspect that was so pop but it was still commercial, but that felt like lifestyle. It was all those things, I love it."<ref name="aboutmusic">{{cite web|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/LadyGagaInt.htm|title=Interview with Lady Gaga|last=Slomowicz|first=DJ Ron|date=June 10, 2008|work=[[About.com]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>
</blockquote>

==Live performance==
[[File:Fameballjustdance.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Gaga wearing a [[tutu]] shaped blue dress and yellow video sunglasses while performing "Just Dance" on the [[The Fame Ball Tour|Fame Ball tour]] - March 14, 2009, [[Mezzanine]], [[San Francisco]].]]

Lady Gaga performed the song on many television shows in the [[United States]]. She appeared on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladygaga.com/player/default.aspx?mid=3176|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance ''Jimmy Kimmel Live''|work=[[Interscope Records]]|publisher=www.interscope.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.keegy.com/tag/tonight-show-with-jay-leno/|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance ''The Tonight Show With Jay Leno''|work=[[Interscope Records]]|publisher=www.interscope.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?mid=2839&aid=599|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance ''So You Think You Can Dance''|work=[[Interscope Records]]|publisher=www.interscope.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> and the ''[[Ellen Degeneres Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/12/lady_gaga_performs_her_hit_jus.php?page=2|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance ''Ellen DeGeneres Show''|work=[[Interscope Records]]|publisher=www.interscope.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> In July, she performed the song during the swimsuit competition of the [[Miss Universe 2008]] beauty pageant in [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3222057.cms|title=Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008|date=July 14, 2008|work=[[Times of India]]|publisher=Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd}}</ref> In Australia she performed on [[Sunrise (TV program)|Sunrise]]. Her performance caused controversy because of allegations that she was [[lip-synching]]). Gaga denied it and released a statement, saying:
<blockquote>I was sick the day of the show but I absolutely, 100 per cent, was singing live. [...] have never lip-synched and never will. Even on my worst day, I never will.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,,24420389-5013560,00.html|title=Lady Gaga denies lip-synching on Channel 7's Sunrise|date=September 30, 2008|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=News.com.au|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref></blockquote> She also performed it during her [[AOL]] sessions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?mid=4596&aid=599|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance AOL Sessions|work=[[Interscope Records]]|publisher=www.interscope.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> "Just Dance" was added to the setlist of her first headlining [[The Fame Ball Tour]] where it was performed as the final song before the Encore. As the performance for the acoustic version of "Poker Face" ended, Gaga exited from the stage and a video interlude called "The Face" starts telling about Gaga's alternate persona Candy Warhol and teaching her to speak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/mar/26/entertainment/chi-0326-lady-gaga-ovnmar26|title=Lady GaGa delights|last=Downing |first=Andy|date=March 26, 2009|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=tribune.com|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref> As the video nears the end Gaga appears on the stage wearing a [[tutu]] shaped dress with pointed shoulderpads and [[peplum]]. Her dancers were clad in [[Louis Vuitton]] Steven Sprouse printed trousers which matched Gaga's shoes.<ref name="dailyconcert">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1176858/Madonna-Cyndi-Lauper-style-notes-Lady-Gaga-parades-latest-leotards-concert.html|title=Madonna and Cyndi Lauper take style notes as Lady Gaga parades latest leotards in concert|last=Abraham|first=Tamara|date=May 4, 2009|work=[[Daily Mail (UK)|Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]]|accessdate=2009-05-13}}</ref> The backdrop changes to show blinking disco lights and Gaga stands while wearing her video sunglasses which display the line "Pop Music Will Never Be Low Brow". A remix of the [[Introduction (music)|intro]] for "Just Dance" starts and Gaga starts singing it while moving around in choreographed dance moves as she is joined by her dancers on stage. During the "I'm psychotic, synch-hypnotic" interlude, Gaga brings out her trademark disco-stick again. The performance ends with Gaga and her dancers taking a bow in front of the stage and exiting with her DJ [[Space Cowboy (musician)|Space Cowboy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1161705/Bubble-wrap-Lady-GaGa-swaps-leotard-clear-plastic-dreamcoat.html?ITO=1490|title=Bubble wrap! Lady GaGa swaps her leotard for a clear plastic dreamcoat|last=McConell|first=Donna|date=March 13, 2009|work=[[The Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]]|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>

==Track listings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''US Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" ([[Richard Vission]] Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''US Promo Club CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" ([[A Capella]])

'''US Promo Remix CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" ([[A Capella]])
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" ([[Richard Vission]] Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Justin Romanes Edit)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Edit)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)

'''AUS CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''DE Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (Video)

{{col-2}}
'''DE Trend CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''FR Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Glam As You Club Mix)

'''US Remixes Part 2 EP'''
# "Just Dance" ([[RedOne]] Remix)
# "Just Dance" ([[Space Cowboy]] Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Robots To Mars Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Remix)

'''UK CD single'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" ([[RedOne]] Remix)

'''UK 7" Numbered Picture Vinyl Disc'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)

'''Japanese Digital single'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mora.jp/package/80311556/00602517688056/|title=Lady Gaga - Just Dance|date=2008-06-25 |publisher=Mora.jp|language=Japanese|accessdate=2009-05-03}}</ref>
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" ([[Richard Vission]] Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
{{col-end}}

==Charts, peaks and certifications==
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{{col-2}}
===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2008-2009)
!Peak position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="aria"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|8
|-
|[[Ultratop 50|Belgium Singles Chart]] ([[Flanders]])<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|13
|-
|[[Ultratop 40|Belgium Singles Chart]] ([[Wallonia]])<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|15
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="canada"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|6
|-
|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref name="dutch"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=349&cfgn=Singles&cfn=European+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3106744&cdi=10151922&cid=03%2F14%2F2009|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-27|date=March 14, 2009}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Mitä hittiä|Finnish Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|7
|-
|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|14
|-
|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|8
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="irish"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Japan Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/top.html|title=Japan Hot 100 Singles|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Japan]]|publisher=Hanshin Contents Link. |date=May 13, 2009|accessdate=2009-05-13}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref name="rianz"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[PROMUSICAE|Spanish Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://promusicae.org/listastonos/listas/Top%2050%20Canciones%20w17.pdf|title= Spanish Top 50 Singles Chart|work=[[PROMUSICAE]]|publisher=www.promusicae.org|accessdate=2009-04-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="ultratop"/>
|align="center"|8
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="uk"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="hot100"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="clubplay"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="pop100"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Sales and certifications===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Country
! Provider
! Sales
! Certification
|-
| Australia
| [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]
| 210,000+
| 3x Platinum<ref name="ariacerti"/>
|-
| Canada
| [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]]
| 174,000+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/3292/284/|title=Top 10 Selling Digital Songs in Canada|date=January 9, 2009|work=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]]|publisher=Digital Home Canada, Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-29}}</ref>
|
|-
| New Zealand
| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]]
| 30,000+
| Platinum<ref name="rianzcerti">{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp|title=Chart#1654 Just Dance - RIANZ certification|date=February 2, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-29|work=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|publisher=www.rianz.org}}</ref>
|-
|Spain
| [[PROMUSICAE]]
| 40,000+
|Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://promusicae.org/listastonos/listas/historial/TOP%2050%20CANCIONES%2009_17.pdf|title=Spanish Singles Chart|date=April 28, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-08|work=[[PROMUSICAE]]}}</ref>
|-
| United Kingdom
| [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]
| 550,000+<ref name="salesuk">{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/lady-gaga/43888|title=Lady Gaga scores UK chart double|date=April 5, 2009|work=[[NME.com]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|accessdate=2009-05-07}}</ref>
|
|-
| United States
| [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]
| 3,000,000+
| 3x Platinum<ref name=riaa/>
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{succession box two to one
| before1 = "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]
| title1 = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[Canadian Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years1 = August 23, 2008 - September 27, 2008
| before2 = "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" by [[Kid Rock]]
| title2 = [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]]
| years2 = September 15, 2008 - September 22, 2008
| after = "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
}}

{{s-bef|before = "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" by [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2009 (United States)|number-one single]]|years = January 10, 2009 - January 31, 2009}}
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Bleeding Love

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Bleeding Love
| Cover = LeonaSingle-250.jpg
| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]]
| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]
| B-side = "Forgiveness"
| Released = {{Start date|2007|10|19|df=yes}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[music download|digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:24 (Album Version) 4:02 (Radio Edit)
| Label = [[Syco]], [[J Records|J]], [[Sony BMG]]
| Writer = [[Jesse McCartney]] and [[Ryan Tedder]]
| Producer = Ryan Tedder
| Certification = 2× Platinum ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) Platinum ([[RIAA]]) Platinum ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], [[CRIA]], [[IFPI]], [[RIANZ]]) Gold (Belgium, Sweden)
| Chronology = [[Leona Lewis]] singles
| Last single = "[[A Moment Like This#Leona Lewis version|A Moment Like This]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Bleeding Love'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Better In Time]]"/"[[Footprints in the Sand (song)|Footprints in the Sand]]" (2008)
| Misc =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|sF84pIhP5UM|"Bleeding Love"}}
}}}}
"'''Bleeding Love'''" is a [[pop music|pop]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]] written by [[Jesse McCartney]]<ref name="notes">{{cite album-notes|title= Bleeding Love|bandname = Leona Lewis|year = 2007 |format = CD Single|publisher = Sony BMG|publisherid= 88697175622}}</ref> and [[Ryan Tedder]] produced for [[United Kingdom|British]] singer [[Leona Lewis]]'s debut album, ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]''.<ref name="popjustice">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: It also says Breathing love in the song. Basically a press release presented as "news"|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1492&Itemid=9|publisher=Popjustice|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> The song is the album's lead single (Lewis's official second single following "[[A Moment Like This]]"), released in the United Kingdom and the [[Republic of Ireland]] in October 2007.<ref name="hear">{{cite news|title=Hear Bleeding Love!|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Pages/NewsList.aspx?pageName=news&NewsID=39|date=2007-09-14|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" became the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom,<ref name="winehouseandlewis">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm|title= Winehouse and Lewis head charts|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> and, since the single's release, it has become a major international hit as the best-selling single of 2008.
The single has reached number one in over 34 countries,<ref>[http://www.webcitation.org/5bmlv5Kiz Platinum Awards] IFPI. October 2008.</ref> including Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This is the second song to achieve this feat after [[Candle in the Wind 1997|Candle in the Wind]]. The video aired on 17 October 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleeding Love video|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7041/|publisher=[[RCA Label Group]]|date=17 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website [[YouTube]] on the same day, where it has garnered over 85 million views, making it the 7th most watched video of all-time on the site.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0</ref>

The track has sold 3,420,000 digital downloads in the [[United States]] alone, and was the best selling single there in 2008.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS199756+20-Oct-2008+PRN20081020</ref> The song achieved a similar feat in the United Kingdom where it was the best-selling single of 2007.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm</ref> "Bleeding Love" has charted within the UK top 100 singles chart in three different years, in 2007 it peaked at #1, 2008 at #2 and 2009 at #97.<ref>http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33490</ref> "Bleeding Love" was nominated for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards]].

==History==
In December 2006, Lewis won the [[The X Factor (UK series 3)|third series]] of British reality singing contest, ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'', her prize being a £1 million recording contract with [[Sony BMG]], of which [[Simon Cowell]] is an [[A&R]] executive.<ref name="leonacrownedwinner">{{cite news|title = Leona crowned winner of X Factor| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6182453.stm| publisher = [[BBC News]]|date= [[16 December]] [[2006]]| accessdate = 2008-01-28}}</ref> Cowell also mentored Lewis on the show. Cowell wanted Lewis's debut album to be an "incredible record" of original material, using some of the world's best [[record producer]]s and [[songwriter]]s.<ref name="leonatransformation">{{cite news|title=The transformation of Leona Lewis|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2630762.ece|publisher=The Times|date=[[14 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

Meanwhile, in February 2007, [[OneRepublic]] frontman Ryan Tedder and pop [[singer-songwriter]] Jesse McCartney had written the song "Bleeding Love" for McCartney's third studio album,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/lewis-claims-mccartney-song-r460911.htm|title=http://www.pr-inside.com/lewis-claims-mccartney-song-r460911.htm|publisher=PR-inside.com|date=[[2008-02-28]]|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> ''[[Departure (Jesse McCartney album)|Departure]]'', however, his record label did not like the song.<ref name="heraldsun"/> Tedder believed it was a "massive" song and the record company were "out of [their] mind". McCartney wanted to keep it for himself as he had a personal attachment to the song, but Tedder realised it would not work for him.<ref name="heraldsun">{{cite news |first=Cameron |last=Adams |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ryan Tedder on the coming of OneRepublic |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23175217-5006024,00.html |work=[[Herald Sun]] |first=Cameron|last=Adams |date=[[7 February]] [[2008]] |accessdate=2008-02-26 }}</ref> Despite his own reality TV background, Tedder had previously made the decision not to work with contestants from the singing competition ''[[American Idol]]'', but he had not heard of ''The X Factor'', and on being shown a website about Lewis, he thought that "her voice just sounded unreal," saying that "from a writer's perspective, this girl — with or without a TV show — has one of the best voices I've ever heard."<ref name="channel4">{{cite news|url=http://www.channel4.com/music/interviews/ryan-tedder-timbaland-leona-lewis-interview.html|title=Timbaland is nowhere to be heard|publisher=[[Channel4.com]]|accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> On hearing that Cowell was looking for songs for Lewis's debut album, Tedder rearranged "Bleeding Love", changed the key and tailored it to suit her voice.<ref name="heraldsun"/> He pitched the song to Cowell, who said it was "the one".<ref name="channel4"/>

==Song structure==
"Bleeding Love" is a pop song with R&B undertones set in the key of [[F major]]. It moves at 104 [[Beats per minute|bpm]] and is set in [[4/4]] time. The album version runs for four minutes and twenty-two seconds and the [[radio edit]] runs for four minutes and one second. Lewis performs (A''5'') during the final chorus, and (D4) during each verse. The range of the song for her version is 1 1/2 octaves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=mn0063204|title=Bleeding Love Sheet Music<nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[musicnotes.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref>

The song refers to someone in a relationship who is extremely blinded by love. Regardless of the numerous warnings from her friends and the fact that she is emotionally hurt by her lover, she continues to love him and accepts the pain. Metaphorically, this is represented in him "cutting her open". However, all she can do is "bleed love" for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03jPd5l1xPs|title=Z100 Z Morning Zoo Interview<nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[Z100.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref>

"Bleeding Love" is constructed in the common verse-chorus-bridge song pattern. It employs a [[church organ]] which is audible throughout the song until the bridge. Synthesized strings are also prominent throughout the song, which intermittently integrates [[wood block]] [[percussion]] throughout the track. A heavy, distorted marching band-like drum loop backs the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/leonableeding.htm|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[about.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-23}}</ref>

The song employs an interesting yet subtle harmonic shift beginning at the bridge. A harmonic shift or harmonic variety generally identifies most song bridges. What is special in "Bleeding Love" is that the turn around from the common I, VI, IV, V (F, Dm, Bb, C) [[chord progression|progression]] used exclusively up to the bridge for both verses and choruses shifts to focus on the relative minor: VI, IV, I/V, V (Dm, Bb, F/C, C). The darker quality of superimposing the second half of the verse, as well as the final chorus over this VI chord progression, in addition to [[Resolution (music)|resolving]] the song on this [[relative minor]], enhances the intensity of the pain and pathos of the song.

==Promotion==
The song's first radio play was on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[BBC Radio 1#Chart Show|Chart Show]] on 16 September 2007,<ref name="hear"/> and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger [[Perez Hilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/?p=5595|title=At Long Last... Leona Has Arrived!|publisher=[[Perez Hilton]]|date=16 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> It was reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=18416899&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965|title=Leona set for success?|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=20 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> The song was also [[Scott Mills]]'s record of the week from Monday 24 September to Friday 28 September.<ref>{{cite news|title=X-Factor winner releases
album|url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.1718276.0.xfactor_winner_releases_album.php|publisher=Penarth Times|date=28 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on 11 and 12 October 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Regional radio tour|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7024/|publisher=RCA Label Group|date=10 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> This was followed by an appearance on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'' on 15 October. Lewis performed the song live on the [[The X Factor (UK series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' on 20 October 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-leona-lewis-will-perform-on-first-live-show/|publisher=Unreality TV|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]], [[GMTV]] and ''[[Loose Women]]''.

Lewis also performed the song at the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] on 29 February 2008, and on German entertainment show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on 1 March 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/leona-lewis-keeps-you-updated/4481|title=LEONA LEWIS keeps you updated|publisher=Berlinista|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lewis made her US television debut on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', on 17 March 2008,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article886094.ece|title=Leona to be an Oprah singer|publisher=''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''|date=2008-03-07|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> where she sang "Bleeding Love". She has also performed on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on 4 April 2008, ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'' on 8 April 2008, ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on 11 April 2008, and ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on 17 April 2008. Lewis performed the song live on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh series]] of ''[[American Idol]]'' on Wednesday 23 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/03/leona-lewis-to-crack-us/|title=Leona Lewis To Crack US|publisher=Product Reviews|date=2008-01-03|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref>

==Reception==
Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/09/17/leona-lewis-is-back-with-bleeding-love/|title=Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love"|publisher=Showbiz Spy|date=17 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an ''X Factor'' star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' ''X Factor'' fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."<ref>{{cite
news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78023/leona-lewis-bleeding-love.html|title=Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref> It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on 31 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81940/digital-spys-top-20-singles-of-2007.html |title=Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2007-12-31|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

However, [[BBC America]]'s reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s [[Mariah Carey]] album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the [[nightclub|club]], too fast for the [[foxtrot]]. Actually, with its [[marching band]] drum beat, it sounds as much like [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those [[melisma|vocal acrobatics]] that have historically plagued [[Christina Aguilera]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=561|title=Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=17 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i5852afde016b362423c937d1e69c8a7c|title=Bleeding Love: Leona Lewis|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/grading_the_itu.php|title=Grading The iTunes Hits|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Tom|last=Breihan|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>

"Bleeding Love" has earned Lewis numerous awards and nominations. In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name="Record of the Year">{{cite web |url=http://www.roty.tv/|title=Record Of The Year |publisher=roty.tv |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and the award for Best Track in the [[Virgin Media]] Music Awards 2007.<ref name="virginmediaaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=2|title=Best Track: Leona Lewis| publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref> In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the [[2008 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/602/|title=Leona, Mika & Take That Lead UK Nominations For 2008|publisher=Brit Awards|date=2008-01-14|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Although the award was won by [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes. The massive success of "Bleeding Love" earned Lewis the music award at Britain's Best 2008, which was aired on [[ITV1]] on Friday 23 May 2008. On 3 December 2008, the song was nominated for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards|51st Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammy Nominations">{{cite web | url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/51st_Show/list.aspx | title=GRAMMY.com| accessdate=2008-12-03}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked the song 25th in the list of The 100 Best Singles of 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24947047/singles_of_the_year/7|title=The 100 Best Singles of 2008 |date=2008-12-25|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref> In April 2009, Tedder and McCartney were awarded with the Song of the Year Award at the 26th Annual [[ASCAP Pop Music Awards]] for writing "Bleeding Love".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/news/article_1472429.php/Jesse_McCartney_honored_at_26th_Annual_ASCAP_Pop_Music_Award|title=Jesse McCartney honored at 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Award|publisher=Monsters and Critics|first=April|last=MacIntyre|date=23 April 2009|accessdate=23 April 2009}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
"Bleeding Love" debuted on the [[UK Singles Chart]] at number one on 28 October 2007.<ref name="storms"/><ref name="acharts"/> With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from ''The X Factor'' to achieve two UK number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008942264|title=Leona's Single Has "The X-Factor"|publisher=All News Headlines|first=Sally|last=Grover|date=2007-10-25|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> Its seven week run at number one was also the longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history.

In Australia, "Bleeding Love" debuted at number-nine on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart on 24 December 2007, and on 21 January 2008, topped the chart making Lewis the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] since [[Sandi Thom]]'s "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" in early 2007. On 10 February 2008, the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50|title=Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=2008-02-11|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref> In New Zealand, Lewis became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since the [[Sugababes]] topped the chart in January 2006; it stayed at number one for five
weeks.<ref>[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s charts.org.nz - Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love]</ref> It also reached number one in Switzerland, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - swisscharts.com]</ref>

In the United States, the single's digital release on 18 December 2007, led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689702|title=Ask Billboard|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2007-12-28|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> As the song was added to song rotations throughout the country, increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 11.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3091539&cdi=9667806&cid=02%2F16%2F2008|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Bleeding Love Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 16 2008|publisher=''Billboard''|date=2008-02-16|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The subsequent two weeks pushed the song up the charts, officially debuting on the
[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on the charting week of 1 March 2008 at number 85.<ref name="acharts"/> The song has become Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, reaching #1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref name="acharts"/> and has also peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]], holding the position for twelve weeks, tying the record held by [[Flo Rida]] with "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]".<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard.com - Charts - Singles - Pop 100]</ref> Also, it reached #1 on the [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref>[http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65345&st=0&#entry1812226 US Billboard Digital Chart - BuzzJack Music Forum]</ref><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://billboardradio.com/billboardradio/radiojava.jsp - Artist chart history|title=Billboard|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> This makes Lewis only the third female artist from the UK to ever have a number one hit on
the Hot 100 with her first single, following [[Petula Clark]] with "[[Downtown (song)|Downtown]]" in 1965 and [[Sheena Easton]] with "[[Morning Train (Nine to Five)]]" in 1981.<ref name="billboard chart beat">{{citeweb|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|title=Top of the World |publisher=''Billboard''|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> In addition it is also the first U.S. number one song (debut or not) by a solo British female since [[Kim Wilde]]'s "[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" more than 20 years prior.<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts The Times 27 March 2008]</ref> It also jumped to number one in Canada in the same week. The song has sold over 3 million in U.S. digital downloads makes Leona the first female artist to have this record.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08-1003926030.story]</ref>

In the U.S., "Bleeding Love" reached number one for a week, before slipping to number four, rising to number two the next week, and then returning to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, before being succeeded by [[Lil Wayne]]'s "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]." Its return to number one on the Hot 100 coincided with the parent album ''Spirit'' debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to top the ''Billboard'' albums and singles simultaneously. The song yet again returned to number one for the third time on the Hot 100 on the charts dated 10 May 2008. The song's return to the top of the Hot 100 for a third time made it the first song to have three separate turns at number one on the Hot 100 since [[Chic]]'s "[[Le Freak]]" in January 1979, and only one of four songs to ever do so.<ref>[http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp BACK IN 'LIKE' AGAIN ''Billboard'' 23 Oct 2008]</ref> This time, the song stayed at the
top spot for a second consecutive week, bringing its total to four non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. The song spent twenty consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and ten weeks in the Top Two.

In Canada, the song reached number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] dated 5 April 2008. This was the first time a non-North American act has ever reached number one on the chart since its establishment in 2007.

"Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8547/10/|title=Airplay chart |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> France,<ref name="frenchairplay">{{cite web|url=http://charly1300.site.voila.fr/top100france.htm|title=Top 100 Airplay France|date=2008-03-09|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> Australia,<ref name="queenofoz">{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8470/15/|title=The Queen of Oz! |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=2008-02-04|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> New Zealand, [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="luxembourg">{{cite web |url=http://www.eldoradio.lu/music/chartbreaker/ |title=Luxembourg Chartbreaker Top 50|language=Luxembourgish|accessdate=2007-12-23}}</ref> [[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvia]],<ref name="latvia">{{cite web |url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2007/071216lv.html |title=Latvian Airplay Top |accessdate=2007-12-21 |work=Lanet.lv |date=16 December 2007}}</ref> [[Slovakia]]<ref name="slovakia">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=144828&sec=eee8e42f9f586e367127996528e712b8 |language=Slovak|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna|publisher=IFPI|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref> [[Latin America]],<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved 3 April
2008.</ref> [[Estonia]]<ref name="EST">{{cite web|url=http://www.u-pop.ee/top/muusika/324|title=Eesti Top 40 - Estonia|accessdate=2008-01-08|language=Estonian}}</ref> and Japan.<ref name="Japan Airplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air_080424.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|language=Japanese|publisher=''[[Billboard]]''|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref> In the Greek Airplay Chart, it reached number two,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/euro/Greece.asp|title=Greece Top 20 Chart|date=2008-01-29|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> it peaked at number two also on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.

In Italy the song peaked at number 2 on the [[FIMI]] singles chart based only on digital downloads; instead it peaked at number 1 on the Italian Musica&Dischi singles chart, which is based on digital downloads and CD single sales, for 13 non-consecutive weeks.<ref name="acharts"/>

This song was #1 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2008

==Sales performance==
"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on 22 October 2007, when it sold over 66,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/24102007/364/lewis-smash-fastest-selling-single-record.html&e=l_news_dm|title=Yahoo Music News|publisher=[[Yahoo Music]]|date=24 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref> and topped the UK [[iTunes Store]] chart.<ref name="racetotop"/> It was reported to be outselling [[Take That]]'s "[[Rule the World]]" by three-to-one in chain store [[Woolworths Group PLC|Woolworths]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article.aspx?articleid=2765&title=The+9+O'Clock+News+%E2%80%93+Tues+23+Oct|title=The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct|publisher=[[heat (magazine)|heatworld.com]]|date=23 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> and [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Gimme More]]" by ten-to-one.<ref name="racetotop">{{cite news|title=X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top
spot|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=489284&in_page_id=1773|publisher=''Daily Mail''|date=23 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday 25 October,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article389283.ece|title=Leona and TT chart race over|publisher=''The Sun''|date=26 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday 26 October.<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm going to find the new McFly!|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/19340/I-m-going-to-find-the-new-McFly-/|publisher=''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]''|date=27 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five
singles combined.<ref name="storms">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis storms singles chart|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=28 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/leona-lewis-breaks-first-week-record-235.html|title=Leona Lewis Breaks First Week Record|publisher=Musicrooms|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref> It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona helps smash download record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=31 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref>

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles beat Britney to number one |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077856.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=4 November 2007|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis holds onto the top spot|url=http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=40268|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=11 November 2007|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/28956 |title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Music Charts |work=aCharts.us |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the
year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.<ref name="winehouseandlewis"/> "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on 9 November 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33059|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=2007-11-09|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> and platinum on 18 January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33133|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=2008-01-18|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.<ref name="acharts"/>

The song has sold 940,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.
It also has sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. alone.
As of 19 September 2008, the single has been certified Gold and Platinum and 3x platinum in the US,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/singles.jsp Billboard RIAA Single Certifications]</ref> and Double Platinum in Australia.<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association]</ref>

==Music videos==
[[Image:Bleedinglovemusicvideo.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Leona Lewis]] wearing a [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal gown in the music video for "Bleeding Love"]]

There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by [[Melina Matsoukas]] and was filmed in Los Angeles.<ref name="videoshoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Blogs/DisplayBlog.aspx?BlogID=26|title=Bleeding Love video shoot|date=1 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="dressedtothrill">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/view/17103/Leona-s-dressed-to-thrill/|title=Leona's Dressed To Thrill|publisher=''Daily Star''|date=3 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> It is set in a mock apartment block and features four storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona's new vid is X-rated|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007450782,00.html|publisher=''The Sun''|date=3 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-03}} {{Dead
link|date=February 2008}}</ref> Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."<ref name="videoshoot"/> Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'', saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love. For the video, Lewis wore a [[pound sterling|£]]100,000 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed {{convert|40|lb|kg}}.<ref name="dressedtothrill"/> The International Version of the single "Bleeding Love" was first posted to popular video sharing website youtube on 17 October 2007. It is YouTube's 8th most viewed music video in the world and as of March 2009 and has in excess of 80 million views.

Lewis filmed a second video in New York City for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The US version is YouTube's 72nd most viewed music video, and as of 23 January 2009 it has 27,940,353 views and is Lewis' 3rd most viewed music video behind "[[Better In Time]]" and the international "Bleeding Love". The [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video was written by [[Ryan Tedder]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Tedder's Back-up plan|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5460153.html|publisher=Chron|date=2008-01-16|accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> and centers on a storyline involving Lewis arguing with her boyfriend, played by model Nicholas Lemons. It was directed by Jesse Terrero.<ref name="NY Video">{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (NY Video)|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/terrero_films/index.html|publisher=Video Static|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> The video premiered in the United States on 29 January 2008 on [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=56495905&stationId=&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Far-37956508-videos--Leona-Lewis|title=Bleeding Love video|publisher=Yahoo!
Music|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2008. Its television debut was on 4 February 2008 on [[VH1]] as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.<ref name="usrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2008/0004744196&EDATE=|title=U.K. Singer and Songwriter Leona Lewis to Release Debut Album Spirit in the U.S. on 8 April|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

The international version of the music video was nominated for Best UK Video at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. The US version was number one on the [[VH1]] Year End Top 40.

==Formats and track listings==
*'''CD single''' (88697175622)
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) ([[Ryan Tedder]], Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis Bleeding Love|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/releases/594/|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> ([[Kara DioGuardi]], Leona Lewis, [[Salaam Remi]])<ref name="notes"/> — 4:26

*'''Maxi single''' (88697222422)<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Song)|publisher=SwissCharts.com|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
#"[[A Moment Like This]]" ([[Jörgen Elofsson]], John Reid) — 4:1
#"Bleeding Love" (video)

*'''U.S. CD promotional single''' (88697218242)<ref>[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=426587 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (426587)]</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10

*'''U.S. digital single''' (886972980522)<ref name="Single available at Target Stores">{{cite web|title=Single available at Target Stores|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/index.php/international/us}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
*'''Remixes'''
# Jason Nevins Radio Mix
# Jason Nevins Club Mix
# Moto Blanco Radio Mix
# Moto Blanco Dub
# Moto Blanco Vocal Club Mix
# Shapeshifters Nocturnal Dub
# Shapeshifters Club Mix

==Credits and personnel==
*Lead [[vocals]] – Leona Lewis
*[[Authors]] - Ryan Tedder & Jesse McCartney
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|audio mixing]] – Phil Tan
*[[Recording engineer]] – [[Ryan Tedder]]
*Assistant recording engineers – Nate Hertweck and Craig Durrance
*[[Record producer|Producer]] – Ryan Tedder
*All instruments – Ryan Tedder
*Programming – Ryan Tedder
*[[String instrument|String]] arrangement – Ryan Tedder
*Recorded at:
**Mansfield Studios, Los Angeles, [[California]]
**[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
**Encore Studios, [[Burbank, California]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| 19 October 2007
| [[Syco Records|Syco Music]]
| [[CD]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | United Kingdom<ref name="hear"/>
| 21 October 2007
| Syco
| [[Digital download]]
|-
| 22 October 2007
| Syco
| CD
|-
| New Zealand
| 3 December 2007
| [[Sony BMG]]
| CD
|-
| Sweden
| 6 December 2007
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Australia<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis New Single + Video 'Bleeding Love' Is Here!|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005243|publisher=Sony BMG Australia|date=2007-12-10|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>
| 15 December 2007
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|rowspan="2" | United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266450354&s=143441&i=266450376|title=Bleeding Love - Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (USA)|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref>
| 18 December 2007
| [[J Records]]
| Digital download
|-
| 18 March 2008
| [[J Records]]
| CD
|-
|Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetbookshop.it/disco/0886971756227/leona-lewis/bleeding-love.html?shop=2057|publisher=Internet Bookshop|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | 11 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=827988&product=88697175622e|title=Bleeding Love|accessdate=2008-01-27|language=German}}</ref>
| Sony BMG
| CD, maxi CD, digital download
|-
| Switzerland<ref name="swisscharts"/>
| Syco
| CD, maxi CD
|-
| Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title=LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.hk|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | 23 January 2008
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.sg/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title= LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.sg|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| Austria{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| 25 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Netherlands<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweb.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/nederland-get-ready-for-leona-lewis|title=Nederland, get ready for Leona Lewis!|language=Dutch|publisher=NewsWeb|date=2007-12-13|accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref>
| 28 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmgjapan.com/leonalewis/info.php?id=2333|title=Leona Lewis <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=Japanese|publisher=[[BMG Japan]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
| 13 February 2008 9 April 2008
| [[BMG Japan]]
| digital download
|-
| France{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| 3 March 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Digital Track Chart|Australian ARIA Digital Track Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Belgian [[Ultratop 50]] Singles (Flanders)<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="belgium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles|title=European Hot 100 Singles|publisher=[[Billboard.com]]|date=2008-03-08|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Greek Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher[[IFPI]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Hungarian [[Mahasz]] Airplay Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=radios&ev=2008&het=22&submit_=Keres%E9s|title=Hungarian Airplay Chart|publisher[[Mahasz]]|language=Hungarian|accessdate=2008-12-16}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|FIMI]] Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=364693&cat=s |title=italiancharts.com – Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love |accessdate=2009-02-06 |work=ItalianCharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan Hot 100 Singles]]<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_100/j_100.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Latvian Airplay Top 50]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[México Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americatop100.com/mexico/index.htm|title=México Top 100}}</ref>
|align="center"|29
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |title=Romanian Top 100 |language=Romanian|date=[[2008-02-25]]|accessdate=2009-03-11|publisher=Vento Consultanta SRL}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Russian Airplay Chart]]<ref>[http://www.tophit.ru/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=10260 Russian Airplay Chart] Retrieved 21 August 2008 </ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]] ''(Billboard)''<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Billboard Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2008|2008-05-24]]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="U.S.">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=815431&model.vnuAlbumId=1095856 Leona Lewis: Artist Chart History]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved 23 July 2008.</ref>
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=341&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Adult+Contemporary+Tracks&ci=3098704&cdi=9870895&cid=08%2F23%2F2008 Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks at billboard.com] Retrieved 14 August 2008</ref>
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="U.S." />
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="U.S." />
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===Year-End===
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!Chart (2007)
!Position
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|UK Year End Charts<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2007.pdf| title=UK Year End Chart 2007| publisher=''[[ChartsPlus]]''| accessdate=2009-03-14 }}</ref>
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|Irish Year End Charts
|align="center"|1{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
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|U.S. ''[[Billboard]]'' Hot 100
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|Canadian Hot 100 Songs<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/chart_display.jsp?f=Billboard+Canadian+Hot+100+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles | title=Billboard Charts - Year-end Singles - Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Songs| publisher= Nielsen Business Media | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| accessdate=2009-05-09 }}</ref>
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|U.S. ''[[Billboard]]'' Pop 100
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|European Hot 100 Singles
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|Japan Hot 100 Songs<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/chart_display.jsp?f=Billboard+Japan+Hot+100+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles | title=Billboard Charts - Year-end Singles - Billboard Japan Hot 100 Songs| publisher= Nielsen Business Media | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| accessdate=2009-05-09 }}</ref>
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|UK Year-End Chart<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf| title=UK Year End Chart 2008| publisher=''[[ChartsPlus]]''| accessdate=2009-03-14 }}</ref>
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|Italian Year-End Chart
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==Procession and succession==


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| before = "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" by [[Gnarls Barkley]]
| title = [[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)|Top selling single of the year (UK)]]
| years = 2007
| after = "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" by [[Alexandra Burke]]
}}

{{s-bef | before = "[[If That's OK with You]]" by [[Shayne Ward]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[number-one singles in Ireland (2007)|number-one single]]
| years = 25 October 2007 – 13 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[About You Now]]" by [[Sugababes]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[list of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2007|number-one single]]
| years = 28 October 2007 – 15 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[What a Wonderful World]]" by [[Katie Melua]] and [[Eva Cassidy]] }}
{{s-bef | rows=6 | before = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart [[list of number-one singles in 2007 (NZ)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 17 December 2007 – 24 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = 16 January 2008 – 19 February 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 27 January 2008 – 24 February 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Top100 Singles|German Top100 Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = 25 January 2008 – 19 February 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by [[Schnuffel]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] [[List of European number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 8 March 2008 - 15 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (second run)
| years = 22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]" by [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
| years = 31 December 2007 – 28 January 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = 2 March 2008 – 9 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Beggin']]" by [[Madcon]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Norwegian [[VG-lista]] Singles Chart number-one single
| years = 6 February 2008 – 20 February 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Hold On Be Strong]]" by [[Maria Haukaas Storeng]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Il avait les mots]]" by [[Sheryfa Luna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart [[SNEP number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Dangerous (M. Pokora song)|Dangerous]]" by [[M. Pokora]] featuring Timbaland and [[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]] }}
{{succession box
| before = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna
| title = [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Flemish Ultratop 50]] [[Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 9 February 2008 - 22 March 2008
| after = "[[O Julissi]]" by [[Ishtar (Belgian band)|Ishtar]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Valerie (The Zutons song)#Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse version|Valerie]]" by [[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Amy Winehouse]]
| title = [[Dutch Top 40]] [[Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 23 February 2008 - 8 March 2008
| after = "Hello World" by Nikki
}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 5 April 2008 - 11 April 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = 5 April 2008 - 12 April 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake}}
{{s-bef | before = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (third run)
| years = 5 April 2008 - 19 April 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-bef | before = "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = 19 April 2008 – 4 July 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Burn -Fumetsu no Face-]]" by [[B'z]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = ''Billboard'' [[Japan Hot 100]] number-one single
| years = 5 May 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "No More" by [[Tsutaya]]}}

{{s-bef | before = "[[Love in This Club]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy]] (first run) "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] (second run) "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (third run)}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = 30 March 2008 - 5 April 2008 (first run) 20 April 2008 - 26 April 2008 (second run) 4 May 2008 - 17 May 2008 (third run)}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] (first run) "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (second run) "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" by [[Rihanna]] (third run)}}
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Bleeding Love
| Cover = LeonaSingle-250.jpg
| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]]
| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]
| B-side = "Forgiveness"
| Released = {{Start date|2007|10|19|df=yes}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[music download|digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:24 (Album Version) 4:02 (Radio Edit)
| Label = [[Syco]], [[J Records|J]], [[Sony BMG]]
| Writer = [[Jesse McCartney]] and [[Ryan Tedder]]
| Producer = Ryan Tedder
| Certification = 2× Platinum ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) Platinum ([[RIAA]]) Platinum ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], [[CRIA]], [[IFPI]], [[RIANZ]]) Gold (Belgium, Sweden)
| Chronology = [[Leona Lewis]] singles
| Last single = "[[A Moment Like This#Leona Lewis version|A Moment Like This]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Bleeding Love'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Better In Time]]"/"[[Footprints in the Sand (song)|Footprints in the Sand]]" (2008)
| Misc =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|sF84pIhP5UM|"Bleeding Love"}}
}}}}
"'''Bleeding Love'''" is a [[pop music|pop]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]] written by [[Jesse McCartney]]<ref name="notes">{{cite album-notes|title= Bleeding Love|bandname = Leona Lewis|year = 2007 |format = CD Single|publisher = Sony BMG|publisherid= 88697175622}}</ref> and [[Ryan Tedder]] produced for [[United Kingdom|British]] singer [[Leona Lewis]]'s debut album, ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]''.<ref name="popjustice">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: It also says Breathing love in the song. Basically a press release presented as "news"|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1492&Itemid=9|publisher=Popjustice|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> The song is the album's lead single (Lewis's official second single following "[[A Moment Like This]]"), released in the United Kingdom and the [[Republic of Ireland]] in October 2007.<ref name="hear">{{cite news|title=Hear Bleeding Love!|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Pages/NewsList.aspx?pageName=news&NewsID=39|date=2007-09-14|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" became the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom,<ref name="winehouseandlewis">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm|title= Winehouse and Lewis head charts|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> and, since the single's release, it has become a major international hit as the best-selling single of 2008.
The single has reached number one in over 34 countries,<ref>[http://www.webcitation.org/5bmlv5Kiz Platinum Awards] IFPI. October 2008.</ref> including Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This is the second song to achieve this feat after [[Candle in the Wind 1997|Candle in the Wind]]. The video aired on 17 October 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleeding Love video|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7041/|publisher=[[RCA Label Group]]|date=17 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website [[YouTube]] on the same day, where it has garnered over 85 million views, making it the 8th most watched video of all-time on the site.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0</ref>

The track has sold 3,420,000 digital downloads in the [[United States]] alone, and was the best selling single there in 2008.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS199756+20-Oct-2008+PRN20081020</ref> The song achieved a similar feat in the United Kingdom where it was the best-selling single of 2007.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm</ref> "Bleeding Love" has charted within the UK top 100 singles chart in three different years, in 2007 it peaked at #1, 2008 at #2 and 2009 at #97.<ref>http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33490</ref> "Bleeding Love" was nominated for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards]].

==History==
In December 2006, Lewis won the [[The X Factor (UK series 3)|third series]] of British reality singing contest, ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'', her prize being a £1 million recording contract with [[Sony BMG]], of which [[Simon Cowell]] is an [[A&R]] executive.<ref name="leonacrownedwinner">{{cite news|title = Leona crowned winner of X Factor| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6182453.stm| publisher = [[BBC News]]|date= [[16 December]] [[2006]]| accessdate = 2008-01-28}}</ref> Cowell also mentored Lewis on the show. Cowell wanted Lewis's debut album to be an "incredible record" of original material, using some of the world's best [[record producer]]s and [[songwriter]]s.<ref name="leonatransformation">{{cite news|title=The transformation of Leona Lewis|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2630762.ece|publisher=The Times|date=[[14 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

Meanwhile, in February 2007, [[OneRepublic]] frontman Ryan Tedder and pop [[singer-songwriter]] Jesse McCartney had written the song "Bleeding Love" for McCartney's third studio album,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/lewis-claims-mccartney-song-r460911.htm|title=http://www.pr-inside.com/lewis-claims-mccartney-song-r460911.htm|publisher=PR-inside.com|date=[[2008-02-28]]|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> ''[[Departure (Jesse McCartney album)|Departure]]'', however, his record label did not like the song.<ref name="heraldsun"/> Tedder believed it was a "massive" song and the record company were "out of [their] mind". McCartney wanted to keep it for himself as he had a personal attachment to the song, but Tedder realised it would not work for him.<ref name="heraldsun">{{cite news |first=Cameron |last=Adams |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ryan Tedder on the coming of OneRepublic |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23175217-5006024,00.html |work=[[Herald Sun]] |first=Cameron|last=Adams |date=[[7 February]] [[2008]] |accessdate=2008-02-26 }}</ref> Despite his own reality TV background, Tedder had previously made the decision not to work with contestants from the singing competition ''[[American Idol]]'', but he had not heard of ''The X Factor'', and on being shown a website about Lewis, he thought that "her voice just sounded unreal," saying that "from a writer's perspective, this girl — with or without a TV show — has one of the best voices I've ever heard."<ref name="channel4">{{cite news|url=http://www.channel4.com/music/interviews/ryan-tedder-timbaland-leona-lewis-interview.html|title=Timbaland is nowhere to be heard|publisher=[[Channel4.com]]|accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> On hearing that Cowell was looking for songs for Lewis's debut album, Tedder rearranged "Bleeding Love", changed the key and tailored it to suit her voice.<ref name="heraldsun"/> He pitched the song to Cowell, who said it was "the one".<ref name="channel4"/>

==Song structure==
"Bleeding Love" is a pop song with R&B undertones set in the key of [[F major]]. It moves at 104 [[Beats per minute|bpm]] and is set in [[4/4]] time. The album version runs for four minutes and twenty-two seconds and the [[radio edit]] runs for four minutes and one second. Lewis performs (A''5'') during the final chorus, and (D4) during each verse. The range of the song for her version is 1 1/2 octaves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=mn0063204|title=Bleeding Love Sheet Music<nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[musicnotes.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref>

The song refers to someone in a relationship who is extremely blinded by love. Regardless of the numerous warnings from her friends and the fact that she is emotionally hurt by her lover, she continues to love him and accepts the pain. Metaphorically, this is represented in him "cutting her open". However, all she can do is "bleed love" for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03jPd5l1xPs|title=Z100 Z Morning Zoo Interview<nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[Z100.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref>

"Bleeding Love" is constructed in the common verse-chorus-bridge song pattern. It employs a [[church organ]] which is audible throughout the song until the bridge. Synthesized strings are also prominent throughout the song, which intermittently integrates [[wood block]] [[percussion]] throughout the track. A heavy, distorted marching band-like drum loop backs the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/leonableeding.htm|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[about.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-23}}</ref>

The song employs an interesting yet subtle harmonic shift beginning at the bridge. A harmonic shift or harmonic variety generally identifies most song bridges. What is special in "Bleeding Love" is that the turn around from the common I, VI, IV, V (F, Dm, Bb, C) [[chord progression|progression]] used exclusively up to the bridge for both verses and choruses shifts to focus on the relative minor: VI, IV, I/V, V (Dm, Bb, F/C, C). The darker quality of superimposing the second half of the verse, as well as the final chorus over this VI chord progression, in addition to [[Resolution (music)|resolving]] the song on this [[relative minor]], enhances the intensity of the pain and pathos of the song.

==Promotion==
The song's first radio play was on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[BBC Radio 1#Chart Show|Chart Show]] on 16 September 2007,<ref name="hear"/> and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger [[Perez Hilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/?p=5595|title=At Long Last... Leona Has Arrived!|publisher=[[Perez Hilton]]|date=16 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> It was reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=18416899&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965|title=Leona set for success?|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=20 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> The song was also [[Scott Mills]]'s record of the week from Monday 24 September to Friday 28 September.<ref>{{cite news|title=X-Factor winner releases
album|url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.1718276.0.xfactor_winner_releases_album.php|publisher=Penarth Times|date=28 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on 11 and 12 October 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Regional radio tour|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7024/|publisher=RCA Label Group|date=10 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> This was followed by an appearance on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'' on 15 October. Lewis performed the song live on the [[The X Factor (UK series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' on 20 October 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-leona-lewis-will-perform-on-first-live-show/|publisher=Unreality TV|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]], [[GMTV]] and ''[[Loose Women]]''.

Lewis also performed the song at the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] on 29 February 2008, and on German entertainment show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on 1 March 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/leona-lewis-keeps-you-updated/4481|title=LEONA LEWIS keeps you updated|publisher=Berlinista|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lewis made her US television debut on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', on 17 March 2008,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article886094.ece|title=Leona to be an Oprah singer|publisher=''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''|date=2008-03-07|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> where she sang "Bleeding Love". She has also performed on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on 4 April 2008, ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'' on 8 April 2008, ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on 11 April 2008, and ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on 17 April 2008. Lewis performed the song live on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh series]] of ''[[American Idol]]'' on Wednesday 23 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/03/leona-lewis-to-crack-us/|title=Leona Lewis To Crack US|publisher=Product Reviews|date=2008-01-03|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref>

==Reception==
Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/09/17/leona-lewis-is-back-with-bleeding-love/|title=Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love"|publisher=Showbiz Spy|date=17 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an ''X Factor'' star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' ''X Factor'' fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."<ref>{{cite
news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78023/leona-lewis-bleeding-love.html|title=Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref> It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on 31 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81940/digital-spys-top-20-singles-of-2007.html |title=Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2007-12-31|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

However, [[BBC America]]'s reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s [[Mariah Carey]] album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the [[nightclub|club]], too fast for the [[foxtrot]]. Actually, with its [[marching band]] drum beat, it sounds as much like [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those [[melisma|vocal acrobatics]] that have historically plagued [[Christina Aguilera]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=561|title=Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=17 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i5852afde016b362423c937d1e69c8a7c|title=Bleeding Love: Leona Lewis|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/grading_the_itu.php|title=Grading The iTunes Hits|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Tom|last=Breihan|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>

"Bleeding Love" has earned Lewis numerous awards and nominations. In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name="Record of the Year">{{cite web |url=http://www.roty.tv/|title=Record Of The Year |publisher=roty.tv |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and the award for Best Track in the [[Virgin Media]] Music Awards 2007.<ref name="virginmediaaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=2|title=Best Track: Leona Lewis| publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref> In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the [[2008 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/602/|title=Leona, Mika & Take That Lead UK Nominations For 2008|publisher=Brit Awards|date=2008-01-14|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Although the award was won by [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes. The massive success of "Bleeding Love" earned Lewis the music award at Britain's Best 2008, which was aired on [[ITV1]] on Friday 23 May 2008. On 3 December 2008, the song was nominated for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards|51st Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammy Nominations">{{cite web | url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/51st_Show/list.aspx | title=GRAMMY.com| accessdate=2008-12-03}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked the song 25th in the list of The 100 Best Singles of 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24947047/singles_of_the_year/7|title=The 100 Best Singles of 2008 |date=2008-12-25|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref> In April 2009, Tedder and McCartney were awarded with the Song of the Year Award at the 26th Annual [[ASCAP Pop Music Awards]] for writing "Bleeding Love".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/news/article_1472429.php/Jesse_McCartney_honored_at_26th_Annual_ASCAP_Pop_Music_Award|title=Jesse McCartney honored at 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Award|publisher=Monsters and Critics|first=April|last=MacIntyre|date=23 April 2009|accessdate=23 April 2009}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
"Bleeding Love" debuted on the [[UK Singles Chart]] at number one on 28 October 2007.<ref name="storms"/><ref name="acharts"/> With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from ''The X Factor'' to achieve two UK number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008942264|title=Leona's Single Has "The X-Factor"|publisher=All News Headlines|first=Sally|last=Grover|date=2007-10-25|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> Its seven week run at number one was also the longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history.

In Australia, "Bleeding Love" debuted at number-nine on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart on 24 December 2007, and on 21 January 2008, topped the chart making Lewis the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] since [[Sandi Thom]]'s "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" in early 2007. On 10 February 2008, the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50|title=Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=2008-02-11|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref> In New Zealand, Lewis became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since the [[Sugababes]] topped the chart in January 2006; it stayed at number one for five
weeks.<ref>[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s charts.org.nz - Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love]</ref> It also reached number one in Switzerland, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - swisscharts.com]</ref>

In the United States, the single's digital release on 18 December 2007, led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689702|title=Ask Billboard|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2007-12-28|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> As the song was added to song rotations throughout the country, increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 11.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3091539&cdi=9667806&cid=02%2F16%2F2008|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Bleeding Love Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 16 2008|publisher=''Billboard''|date=2008-02-16|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The subsequent two weeks pushed the song up the charts, officially debuting on the
[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on the charting week of 1 March 2008 at number 85.<ref name="acharts"/> The song has become Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, reaching #1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref name="acharts"/> and has also peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]], holding the position for twelve weeks, tying the record held by [[Flo Rida]] with "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]".<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard.com - Charts - Singles - Pop 100]</ref> Also, it reached #1 on the [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref>[http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65345&st=0&#entry1812226 US Billboard Digital Chart - BuzzJack Music Forum]</ref><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://billboardradio.com/billboardradio/radiojava.jsp - Artist chart history|title=Billboard|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> This makes Lewis only the third female artist from the UK to ever have a number one hit on
the Hot 100 with her first single, following [[Petula Clark]] with "[[Downtown (song)|Downtown]]" in 1965 and [[Sheena Easton]] with "[[Morning Train (Nine to Five)]]" in 1981.<ref name="billboard chart beat">{{citeweb|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|title=Top of the World |publisher=''Billboard''|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> In addition it is also the first U.S. number one song (debut or not) by a solo British female since [[Kim Wilde]]'s "[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" more than 20 years prior.<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts The Times 27 March 2008]</ref> It also jumped to number one in Canada in the same week. The song has sold over 3 million in U.S. digital downloads makes Leona the first female artist to have this record.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08-1003926030.story]</ref>

In the U.S., "Bleeding Love" reached number one for a week, before slipping to number four, rising to number two the next week, and then returning to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, before being succeeded by [[Lil Wayne]]'s "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]." Its return to number one on the Hot 100 coincided with the parent album ''Spirit'' debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to top the ''Billboard'' albums and singles simultaneously. The song yet again returned to number one for the third time on the Hot 100 on the charts dated 10 May 2008. The song's return to the top of the Hot 100 for a third time made it the first song to have three separate turns at number one on the Hot 100 since [[Chic]]'s "[[Le Freak]]" in January 1979, and only one of four songs to ever do so.<ref>[http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp BACK IN 'LIKE' AGAIN ''Billboard'' 23 Oct 2008]</ref> This time, the song stayed at the
top spot for a second consecutive week, bringing its total to four non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. The song spent twenty consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and ten weeks in the Top Two.

In Canada, the song reached number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] dated 5 April 2008. This was the first time a non-North American act has ever reached number one on the chart since its establishment in 2007.

"Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8547/10/|title=Airplay chart |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> France,<ref name="frenchairplay">{{cite web|url=http://charly1300.site.voila.fr/top100france.htm|title=Top 100 Airplay France|date=2008-03-09|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> Australia,<ref name="queenofoz">{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8470/15/|title=The Queen of Oz! |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=2008-02-04|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> New Zealand, [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="luxembourg">{{cite web |url=http://www.eldoradio.lu/music/chartbreaker/ |title=Luxembourg Chartbreaker Top 50|language=Luxembourgish|accessdate=2007-12-23}}</ref> [[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvia]],<ref name="latvia">{{cite web |url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2007/071216lv.html |title=Latvian Airplay Top |accessdate=2007-12-21 |work=Lanet.lv |date=16 December 2007}}</ref> [[Slovakia]]<ref name="slovakia">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=144828&sec=eee8e42f9f586e367127996528e712b8 |language=Slovak|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna|publisher=IFPI|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref> [[Latin America]],<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved 3 April
2008.</ref> [[Estonia]]<ref name="EST">{{cite web|url=http://www.u-pop.ee/top/muusika/324|title=Eesti Top 40 - Estonia|accessdate=2008-01-08|language=Estonian}}</ref> and Japan.<ref name="Japan Airplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air_080424.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|language=Japanese|publisher=''[[Billboard]]''|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref> In the Greek Airplay Chart, it reached number two,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/euro/Greece.asp|title=Greece Top 20 Chart|date=2008-01-29|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> it peaked at number two also on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.

In Italy the song peaked at number 2 on the [[FIMI]] singles chart based only on digital downloads; instead it peaked at number 1 on the Italian Musica&Dischi singles chart, which is based on digital downloads and CD single sales, for 13 non-consecutive weeks.<ref name="acharts"/>

This song was #1 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2008

==Sales performance==
"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on 22 October 2007, when it sold over 66,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/24102007/364/lewis-smash-fastest-selling-single-record.html&e=l_news_dm|title=Yahoo Music News|publisher=[[Yahoo Music]]|date=24 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref> and topped the UK [[iTunes Store]] chart.<ref name="racetotop"/> It was reported to be outselling [[Take That]]'s "[[Rule the World]]" by three-to-one in chain store [[Woolworths Group PLC|Woolworths]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article.aspx?articleid=2765&title=The+9+O'Clock+News+%E2%80%93+Tues+23+Oct|title=The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct|publisher=[[heat (magazine)|heatworld.com]]|date=23 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> and [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Gimme More]]" by ten-to-one.<ref name="racetotop">{{cite news|title=X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top
spot|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=489284&in_page_id=1773|publisher=''Daily Mail''|date=23 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday 25 October,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article389283.ece|title=Leona and TT chart race over|publisher=''The Sun''|date=26 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday 26 October.<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm going to find the new McFly!|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/19340/I-m-going-to-find-the-new-McFly-/|publisher=''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]''|date=27 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five
singles combined.<ref name="storms">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis storms singles chart|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=28 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/leona-lewis-breaks-first-week-record-235.html|title=Leona Lewis Breaks First Week Record|publisher=Musicrooms|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref> It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona helps smash download record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=31 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref>

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles beat Britney to number one |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077856.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=4 November 2007|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis holds onto the top spot|url=http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=40268|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=11 November 2007|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/28956 |title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Music Charts |work=aCharts.us |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the
year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.<ref name="winehouseandlewis"/> "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on 9 November 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33059|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=2007-11-09|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> and platinum on 18 January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33133|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=2008-01-18|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.<ref name="acharts"/>

The song has sold 940,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.
It also has sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. alone.
As of 19 September 2008, the single has been certified Gold and Platinum and 3x platinum in the US,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/singles.jsp Billboard RIAA Single Certifications]</ref> and Double Platinum in Australia.<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association]</ref>

==Music videos==
[[Image:Bleedinglovemusicvideo.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Leona Lewis]] wearing a [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal gown in the music video for "Bleeding Love"]]

There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by [[Melina Matsoukas]] and was filmed in Los Angeles.<ref name="videoshoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Blogs/DisplayBlog.aspx?BlogID=26|title=Bleeding Love video shoot|date=1 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="dressedtothrill">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/view/17103/Leona-s-dressed-to-thrill/|title=Leona's Dressed To Thrill|publisher=''Daily Star''|date=3 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> It is set in a mock apartment block and features four storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona's new vid is X-rated|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007450782,00.html|publisher=''The Sun''|date=3 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-03}} {{Dead
link|date=February 2008}}</ref> Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."<ref name="videoshoot"/> Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'', saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love. For the video, Lewis wore a [[pound sterling|£]]100,000 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed {{convert|40|lb|kg}}.<ref name="dressedtothrill"/> The International Version of the single "Bleeding Love" was first posted to popular video sharing website youtube on 17 October 2007. It is YouTube's 8th most viewed music video in the world and as of March 2009 and has in excess of 80 million views.

Lewis filmed a second video in New York City for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The US version is YouTube's 72nd most viewed music video, and as of 23 January 2009 it has 27,940,353 views and is Lewis' 3rd most viewed music video behind "[[Better In Time]]" and the international "Bleeding Love". The [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video was written by [[Ryan Tedder]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Tedder's Back-up plan|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5460153.html|publisher=Chron|date=2008-01-16|accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> and centers on a storyline involving Lewis arguing with her boyfriend, played by model Nicholas Lemons. It was directed by Jesse Terrero.<ref name="NY Video">{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (NY Video)|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/terrero_films/index.html|publisher=Video Static|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> The video premiered in the United States on 29 January 2008 on [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=56495905&stationId=&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Far-37956508-videos--Leona-Lewis|title=Bleeding Love video|publisher=Yahoo!
Music|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2008. Its television debut was on 4 February 2008 on [[VH1]] as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.<ref name="usrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2008/0004744196&EDATE=|title=U.K. Singer and Songwriter Leona Lewis to Release Debut Album Spirit in the U.S. on 8 April|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

The international version of the music video was nominated for Best UK Video at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. The US version was number one on the [[VH1]] Year End Top 40.

==Formats and track listings==
*'''CD single''' (88697175622)
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) ([[Ryan Tedder]], Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis Bleeding Love|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/releases/594/|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> ([[Kara DioGuardi]], Leona Lewis, [[Salaam Remi]])<ref name="notes"/> — 4:26

*'''Maxi single''' (88697222422)<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Song)|publisher=SwissCharts.com|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
#"[[A Moment Like This]]" ([[Jörgen Elofsson]], John Reid) — 4:1
#"Bleeding Love" (video)

*'''U.S. CD promotional single''' (88697218242)<ref>[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=426587 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (426587)]</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10

*'''U.S. digital single''' (886972980522)<ref name="Single available at Target Stores">{{cite web|title=Single available at Target Stores|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/index.php/international/us}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
*'''Remixes'''
# Jason Nevins Radio Mix
# Jason Nevins Club Mix
# Moto Blanco Radio Mix
# Moto Blanco Dub
# Moto Blanco Vocal Club Mix
# Shapeshifters Nocturnal Dub
# Shapeshifters Club Mix

==Credits and personnel==
*Lead [[vocals]] – Leona Lewis
*[[Authors]] - Ryan Tedder & Jesse McCartney
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|audio mixing]] – Phil Tan
*[[Recording engineer]] – [[Ryan Tedder]]
*Assistant recording engineers – Nate Hertweck and Craig Durrance
*[[Record producer|Producer]] – Ryan Tedder
*All instruments – Ryan Tedder
*Programming – Ryan Tedder
*[[String instrument|String]] arrangement – Ryan Tedder
*Recorded at:
**Mansfield Studios, Los Angeles, [[California]]
**[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
**Encore Studios, [[Burbank, California]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| 19 October 2007
| [[Syco Records|Syco Music]]
| [[CD]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | United Kingdom<ref name="hear"/>
| 21 October 2007
| Syco
| [[Digital download]]
|-
| 22 October 2007
| Syco
| CD
|-
| New Zealand
| 3 December 2007
| [[Sony BMG]]
| CD
|-
| Sweden
| 6 December 2007
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Australia<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis New Single + Video 'Bleeding Love' Is Here!|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005243|publisher=Sony BMG Australia|date=2007-12-10|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>
| 15 December 2007
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|rowspan="2" | United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266450354&s=143441&i=266450376|title=Bleeding Love - Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (USA)|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref>
| 18 December 2007
| [[J Records]]
| Digital download
|-
| 18 March 2008
| [[J Records]]
| CD
|-
|Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetbookshop.it/disco/0886971756227/leona-lewis/bleeding-love.html?shop=2057|publisher=Internet Bookshop|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | 11 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=827988&product=88697175622e|title=Bleeding Love|accessdate=2008-01-27|language=German}}</ref>
| Sony BMG
| CD, maxi CD, digital download
|-
| Switzerland<ref name="swisscharts"/>
| Syco
| CD, maxi CD
|-
| Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title=LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.hk|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | 23 January 2008
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.sg/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title= LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.sg|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| Austria{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| 25 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Netherlands<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweb.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/nederland-get-ready-for-leona-lewis|title=Nederland, get ready for Leona Lewis!|language=Dutch|publisher=NewsWeb|date=2007-12-13|accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref>
| 28 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmgjapan.com/leonalewis/info.php?id=2333|title=Leona Lewis <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=Japanese|publisher=[[BMG Japan]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
| 13 February 2008 9 April 2008
| [[BMG Japan]]
| digital download
|-
| France{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| 3 March 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Digital Track Chart|Australian ARIA Digital Track Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Belgian [[Ultratop 50]] Singles (Flanders)<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="belgium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles|title=European Hot 100 Singles|publisher=[[Billboard.com]]|date=2008-03-08|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Greek Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher[[IFPI]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Hungarian [[Mahasz]] Airplay Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=radios&ev=2008&het=22&submit_=Keres%E9s|title=Hungarian Airplay Chart|publisher[[Mahasz]]|language=Hungarian|accessdate=2008-12-16}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|FIMI]] Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=364693&cat=s |title=italiancharts.com – Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love |accessdate=2009-02-06 |work=ItalianCharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan Hot 100 Singles]]<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_100/j_100.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Latvian Airplay Top 50]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[México Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americatop100.com/mexico/index.htm|title=México Top 100}}</ref>
|align="center"|29
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |title=Romanian Top 100 |language=Romanian|date=[[2008-02-25]]|accessdate=2009-03-11|publisher=Vento Consultanta SRL}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Russian Airplay Chart]]<ref>[http://www.tophit.ru/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=10260 Russian Airplay Chart] Retrieved 21 August 2008 </ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]] ''(Billboard)''<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Billboard Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2008|2008-05-24]]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="U.S.">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=815431&model.vnuAlbumId=1095856 Leona Lewis: Artist Chart History]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved 23 July 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=341&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Adult+Contemporary+Tracks&ci=3098704&cdi=9870895&cid=08%2F23%2F2008 Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks at billboard.com] Retrieved 14 August 2008</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="U.S." />
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="U.S." />
|align="center"|1
|-
|}

===Year-End===
{{Expand|date=March 2009}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2007)
!Position
|-
|UK Year End Charts<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2007.pdf| title=UK Year End Chart 2007| publisher=''[[ChartsPlus]]''| accessdate=2009-03-14 }}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Irish Year End Charts
|align="center"|1{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
!Chart (2008)
!Position
|-
|U.S. ''[[Billboard]]'' Hot 100
|align="center"|2{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|Canadian Hot 100 Songs
|align="center"|2{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|U.S. ''[[Billboard]]'' Pop 100
|align="center"|2{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|European Hot 100 Singles
|align="center"|2{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|Japan Hot 100 Songs<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/chart_display.jsp?f=Billboard+Japan+Hot+100+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles | title=Billboard Charts - Year-end Singles - Billboard Japan Hot 100 Songs| publisher= Nielsen Business Media | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| accessdate=2009-05-09 }}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|UK Year-End Chart<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf| title=UK Year End Chart 2008| publisher=''[[ChartsPlus]]''| accessdate=2009-03-14 }}</ref>
|align="center"|76
|-
|Italian Year-End Chart
|align="center"|8{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|}

==Procession and succession==


{{s-start}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" by [[Gnarls Barkley]]
| title = [[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)|Top selling single of the year (UK)]]
| years = 2007
| after = "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" by [[Alexandra Burke]]
}}

{{s-bef | before = "[[If That's OK with You]]" by [[Shayne Ward]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[number-one singles in Ireland (2007)|number-one single]]
| years = 25 October 2007 – 13 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[About You Now]]" by [[Sugababes]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[list of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2007|number-one single]]
| years = 28 October 2007 – 15 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[What a Wonderful World]]" by [[Katie Melua]] and [[Eva Cassidy]] }}
{{s-bef | rows=6 | before = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart [[list of number-one singles in 2007 (NZ)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 17 December 2007 – 24 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = 16 January 2008 – 19 February 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 27 January 2008 – 24 February 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Top100 Singles|German Top100 Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = 25 January 2008 – 19 February 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by [[Schnuffel]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] [[List of European number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 8 March 2008 - 15 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (second run)
| years = 22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]" by [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
| years = 31 December 2007 – 28 January 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = 2 March 2008 – 9 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Beggin']]" by [[Madcon]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Norwegian [[VG-lista]] Singles Chart number-one single
| years = 6 February 2008 – 20 February 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Hold On Be Strong]]" by [[Maria Haukaas Storeng]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Il avait les mots]]" by [[Sheryfa Luna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart [[SNEP number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Dangerous (M. Pokora song)|Dangerous]]" by [[M. Pokora]] featuring Timbaland and [[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]] }}
{{succession box
| before = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna
| title = [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Flemish Ultratop 50]] [[Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 9 February 2008 - 22 March 2008
| after = "[[O Julissi]]" by [[Ishtar (Belgian band)|Ishtar]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Valerie (The Zutons song)#Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse version|Valerie]]" by [[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Amy Winehouse]]
| title = [[Dutch Top 40]] [[Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 23 February 2008 - 8 March 2008
| after = "Hello World" by Nikki
}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 5 April 2008 - 11 April 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = 5 April 2008 - 12 April 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake}}
{{s-bef | before = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (third run)
| years = 5 April 2008 - 19 April 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-bef | before = "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = 19 April 2008 – 4 July 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Burn -Fumetsu no Face-]]" by [[B'z]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = ''Billboard'' [[Japan Hot 100]] number-one single
| years = 5 May 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "No More" by [[Tsutaya]]}}

{{s-bef | before = "[[Love in This Club]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy]] (first run) "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] (second run) "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (third run)}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = 30 March 2008 - 5 April 2008 (first run) 20 April 2008 - 26 April 2008 (second run) 4 May 2008 - 17 May 2008 (third run)}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] (first run) "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (second run) "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" by [[Rihanna]] (third run)}}
{{end}}

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American Boy

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Tsukamoto:

{{Infobox single
| Name = American Boy
| Cover = American Boy UK Cover.jpg
| Caption = Worldwide single cover.
| Artist = [[Estelle (singer)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]]
| Album = [[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]
| B-side = "Life to Me"
| Released = {{Start date|2008|1|29}} (See [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]]
| Genre = [[R&B]], [[dance-pop]], [[post-disco]]<ref>Song with a [http://idolator.com/395094/estelle-american-boy Post-disco]vibe</ref>, [[hip hop]]
| Length = 3:57 (Radio edit) 4:44 (Album version)
| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Writer = [[Kanye West]], [[Will.i.am]], Caleb Speir, Josh Lopez, Keith Harris
| Producer = [[Will.i.am]]
| Certification = Platinum (U.S.)
|Chronology = [[Estelle (singer)|Estelle]] U.K. singles
| Last single = "[[Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)]]" (2007)
| This single = "'''American Boy'''" (2008)
|Next single = "[[No Substitute Love]]" (2008)
|Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
|Artist = '''Estelle''' U.S. singles
|Type = singles
|Last single = —
|This single = "'''American Boy'''" (2008)
|Next single = "[[Come Over (Estelle song)|Come Over (rmx)]]" (2008)
{{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Kanye West]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Finer Things]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''American Boy'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Put On]]" (2008)}}{{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternate cover
| Background = khaki
| Cover = American boy us cover.png
| Lower caption = Alternate single cover.}}}}
}}

"'''American Boy'''" is the second single from the album ''[[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]'' by [[England|English]] [[hip hop music|hip hop]] singer [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] and features [[United States|American]] rapper [[Kanye West]]. The song is her first international single.

==Song information==
Written by Mark Kilianski, and produced by [[will.i.am]], the song uses samples from "Impatient" from his 2007 album ''[[Songs About Girls]]'', as well as "& Down" by [[Boys Noize]].{{Fact|date=January 2009}} "American Boy" was released as the second single from ''Shine''. It was released in the UK, as a download, on 21 March 2008 and physically on 24 March 2008.

The song has been covered and parodied internationally. [[Sam Sparro]] performed an acoustic version of the song on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[Live Lounge]] which was then released as a [[B-Side]] to his single ''[[21st Century Life]]''. It was remixed by [[Busta Rhymes]],<ref>[http://mixmatters.com/hot/2008/Estelle_feat_Busta_Rhymes-American_Boy_Remix.html Estelle feat. Busta Rhymes "American Boy" Remix]</ref> and spoofed by [[Nova 100]] as "Australian Boy" <ref>Nova 939's [http://nova100.com.au/public/download.aspx?id=228791&str=Australian%20Boy
]</ref>, "Armenian Boy" by Australian radio hosts [[Hamish & Andy]] and "Somerset Boy" by Chris Moyles on [[BBC Radio 1]]. [[House music|House]] artist Peven Everett released a song and video insulting the featured guest on "American Boy," Kanye West, called "Fake American Boy."<ref>[http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=26186258 Music video for "Fake American Boy" - Peven Everett]</ref> And also "Canadian Boy", by radio host Mad Dog, with help of Canadian artist Suzie McNeil on Mix 99.9 in Toronto.

On 19 August 2008, ''[[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]'' was removed from [[iTunes Store|iTunes]] U.S. store, due to Estelle's record label order. In its place was offered a cover version on a compilation album titled ''Pop Picks''. The original recording however, remains available on the iTunes UK store. The [[U.S.]] version on [[iTunes]] is explicit, however it is not listed as such.

After quickly dropping in Billboard rankings, on 9 September 2008, ''[[Shine (Estelle album)|Shine]]'' reappeared for purchase in the [[iTunes Store|iTunes]] U.S. store. As a result of accumulated demand during the period of unavailability, "American Boy" quickly re-entered the top 100 songs chart, which prompted the song to jump four spots on the [[Billboard]] [[Hot 100]] from #57 to #53.<ref>http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100</ref>

"American Boy" reached a spot in the top 6 of iTunes "Top Songs" by 13 September 2008. Those sales levels in iTunes added the 10,000 <ref>http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/estelle-s-shine-and-hit-single-american-boy-suddenly-back-on-itunes-aapl-wmg-</ref> copies of Shine sold in the now-reversed album-only experiment.
During that time, the Shine Album still generated 5,000 <ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/09/itunes-estelle.html</ref> sales per week through offline sales, the UK iTunes, and non iTunes digital music channels such as Amazon which agreed to continue album sales while abiding by the publisher's wish to block sales of the single. The young Belgian DJ VNNR made a remix of Estelle's American Boy.
The song is nominated for [[Song of the Year]] at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards to be held in February 8, 2009.This song was #7 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki></nowiki>'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.<ref>No byline ([[December 25]], [[2008]]). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24947047/the_100_best_singles_of_2008/{{{2}}} "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved [[2008-12-25]]</ref>

== Chart performance ==

"American Boy" is Estelle's biggest hit charting in 18 different official charts in the world. The single debuted at number 72 in [[UK Singles Chart]]. The following week, the song jumped 71 spots from number 72 to number 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and stayed four weeks at the summit of the chart. The single has also charted on the [[Irish Singles Chart]] the same week where it entered at number eight on downloads and peaked at number two.

In the U.S, the song debuted at #98, her first appearance in [[Billboard Hot 100]]. The single rose to #9 on the chart and #8 on [[Hot Digital Songs]].<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=656852&model.vnuAlbumId=1104403 Estelle Chart History], [[Billboard charts|Billboard.com]], 26 June 2008.</ref> As previously mentioned above, the single and its parent album were then removed from the [[U.S]] [[iTunes]] store, prompting the single to plummet from #11 to #37 on the following week's [[Hot 100]].<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003843472</ref> The album and song were then added back to the iTunes store on 9 September 2008. The song quickly returned to the top ten on iTunes, and the week after this, "American Boy" reached a new peak on the Hot 100 of #9, becoming Estelle's first U.S. top ten hit. Also, it debuted at #96<ref>[http://acharts.us/canadian_hot_100/2008/14 Canadian Hot 100 14/2008],''acharts.us'', 1 April 2008.</ref> and peaked at #9<ref>[http://acharts.us/canadian_hot_100/2008/26 Canadian Hot 100 26/2008], ''acharts.us'', 24 June 2008.</ref> on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].

The single debuted at number 7<ref>[http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2008/20], acharts.us, 13 May 2008.</ref> in [[Australia]] and so far peaked number 3.<ref>[http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2008/24 Australia Singles Top 50 24/2008], acharts.us, 10 June 2008.</ref> "American Boy" is Estelle's highest charting single since "[[1980 (song)|1980]]", which peaked number 36. In [[New Zealand]] the single first appeared on 1 April 2008 on [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Chart]] debuting at number 25.<ref>[http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2008/14 New Zealand Top 40 14/2008], acharts.us, 1 April 2008.</ref> After a couple of weeks, it cracked the top 5 of the chart peaking number 5.<ref>[http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2008/18 New Zealand Top 40 18/2008], acharts.us, 29 April 2008.</ref> It was also her first appearance in [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand RIANZ Chart]].

In addition, the song reached top 10 in more than 14 countries including [[Belgium]], [[Denmark]], [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Canada]].

On 27 July 2008, the song moved up five places from #28 to #23 in the UK, but dropped 7 places the following week to #30.

There was also a remix of the song called "Canadian Boy" by Canadian rapper [[Famous]] & Andreena Mill.

==In visual media==

* The song is heard on the Tv-Show [[Ghost Whisperer]] episode [''Save Our Souls'' ''4x04'']

==Music video==
The [[music video]] for "American Boy" features guest appearances by [[John Legend]], [[Kardinal Offishall]], Taz Arnold of [[Sa-Ra]], Naledge and Double-O of [[Kidz in the Hall]], [[Danger Mouse]], [[Consequence (rapper)|Consequence]], [[Hi-Tek]], [[Ryan Leslie]], [[T.I.]], Brandon Hines, and [[Terrence J]] of ''[[106 & Park]]'', [[LL Cool J]], among others. <ref>[http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-estelle-feat-kanye-west---american-boy_008220.html Music video for "American Boy" - Estelle feat. Kanye West]</ref> It was directed by Syndrome.
The music video was nominated for Best UK Video at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]] placed it at #45 on the ''Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008'' countdown, while spin-off channel [[BET J]] placed it at #10 on the year-end ''Last Call 2008! Top 50 Countdown''.

==Track listings and formats==
;UK CD 1
# "American Boy" (clean radio edit)

;UK CD 2
# "American Boy" (explicit album version)
# "Life to Me"
# "American Boy" (video)

;'''Remixes [[EP]]'''
# "American Boy" (TS7 Remix)
# "American Boy" (TS7 Remix Radio Edit)
# "American Boy" ([[Soul Seekerz|Soulseekerz]] Club Remix)
# "American Boy" (Soulseekerz Dub Remix)
# "American Boy" (Soulseekerz Radio Remix)

;Japanese Digital single 1<ref>http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=272120523&s=143462</ref>
# "American Boy" (explicit album version)

;Japanese Digital single 2<ref>http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=271934228&s=143462</ref>
# "American Boy" (Amended Version)

;Japanese Digital single 3<ref>http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=275501322&s=143462</ref>
# "American Boy" (TS7 Remix)

;Japanese Digital single 4<ref>http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=275968103&s=143462</ref>
# "American Boy" (Soulseekerz Club Remix)

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! Date
|-
| [[Japan]]
| 29 January 2008
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| 24 March 2008
|-
| [[United States]]
| 15 April 2008
|-
| [[Europe]]
| 25 April 2008
|-
| [[Australia]]
| 26 April 2008
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[Argentina|Argentina Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 ARIA Singles Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Estelle+feat%2E+Kanye+West&titel=American+Boy&cat=s Estelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy - austriancharts.at]</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|[[Ultratop|Belgian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.ultratop.be/en/weekchart.asp?cat=s&lang=nl ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|[[Denmark|Danish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Greek Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm]</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp IRMA Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Israeli Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[FIMI|Italian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=0006&archivio=true]</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Netherlands Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.futuremusiccharts.nl/futuremusiccharts/2008/05/nederlandse-t-1.html Dutch Top 40 (wk 20)]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Mexico Top 100]]<ref>[http://americatop.com/mexico/index.htm, Mexico]</ref>
|align="center"|73
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=5273&listId=1&albumtype=song VG-Lista, Norway]</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Estelle+feat%2E+Kanye+West&titel=American+Boy&cat=s New Zealand Charts]</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Estelle+feat%2E+Kanye+West&titel=American+Boy&cat=s Estelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy - swisscharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|Turkey Top 20 Chart<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved 17 June 2008 </ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml UK Singles Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|55
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|}

{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]" by [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]
| title = [[UK]] [[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2008|number one single]]
| years = 23 March 2008 - 19 April 2008
| after = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Mercy" by Duffy
| title = [[Eurochart Hot 100]] number one single
| years = 19 July - 25 July 2008
| after = "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" by [[Kid Rock]]
}}
{{end box}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7xXSW_NG4 Official Music Video]
*[http://www.myspace.com/estelleonline Estelle MySpace Page]

{{Estelle}}
{{Kanye West}}

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[[Category:Estelle songs]]
[[Category:Kanye West songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Belgium]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Songs that sample previously recorded songs]]

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Just Dance (Lied)

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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --gt;
| Name = Just Dance
| Cover = LadyGagaJustDance.jpg
| Artist = [[Lady GaGa]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
| Album = [[The Fame (Lady GaGa album)|The Fame]]
| Released = {{Start date|2008|8|12}}<br/gt;<smallgt;(see [[#Release history|Release history]])</smallgt;
| Format = [[CD single|CD]], [[Digital download]], [[12-inch single|12" vinyl]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Dance-pop]], [[electropop]]
| Length = 4:02
| Label = Streamline, [[Kon Live Distribution|Kon Live]], [[Interscope Records]]
| Writer = Lady GaGa
| Producer = [[RedOne]], [[Akon]]
| Audio sample? =
| Certification = 2x Platinum <smallgt;(RIAA)</smallgt;<brgt; 2x Platinum <smallgt;([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])</smallgt; <br /gt; Platinum <smallgt;([[RIANZ]]
| Chronology = [[Lady GaGa]] singles
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''"<br /gt;(2008)
| Next single = "[[Poker Face (Lady GaGa song)|Poker Face]]"<br /gt;(2008)
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Colby O'Donis]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[What You Got (Colby O'Donis song)|What You Got]]"<br /gt;(2008)
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''"<br /gt;(2008)
| Next single = "[[Don't Turn Back]]"<br /gt;(2008)
}}
{{Extra album cover 2
| Upper caption = Alternate cover
| Type = single
| Cover = Lady GaGa - Just Dance (Official UK Single Cover).png
| Lower caption = UK single cover
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Name = The Voice Within
| Audio file = Lady_GaGa-Just_Dance.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Just Dance'''" is a [[dance-pop]] song and lead single from [[Lady GaGa]]'s debut studio album, ''[[The Fame (Lady GaGa album)|The Fame]]''. The song is written by Lady GaGa and features [[Colby O'Donis]], who is signed to the same label as GaGa, and [[Akon]], who provides backing vocals through O'Donis' verse and shortly afterwards. The track is produced by [[RedOne]] (most known for working with Akon, and [[Kat DeLuna]]).

The song has peaked at Number 1 in the United States, Australia, Canada, and most recently in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as the Top 10 in many other countries. The song garnered popularity in Canada during the summer before the United States. In the U.S. "Just Dance" scored the second biggest-single-week sum of all time behind [[Flo Rida]]'s 467,000 from the same week last year, the song sold 419,000 downloads in just one week.<ref name="billboard"gt;[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/beyonce-starts-2009-atop-the-hot-100-1003926344.story Beyonce Starts 2009 Atop The Hot 100]</refgt;

==Single release==
Released as the [[lead single]] from the album, "Just Dance" was first released to radio stations in the U.S. on April 8, 2008. It was released commercially worldwide on June 17, 2008 through digital distribution. It was released in the United Kingdom on January 5th, 2009.

On August 16, 2008, the song debuted at number seventy-six on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It also garnered the second biggest-single week sum of all time with download sales of 419,000, the biggest single-week tally by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in 2003.<ref name="billboard" /gt;

==Promotion==
In order to promote the record Lady Gaga performed on many television shows in the [[United States]]. Lady Gaga's television debut was on Logo's NewNowNext Awards on June 7, 2008, where she performed "Just Dance" as the closing number. In addition, she appeared on [[Jimmy Kimmel Live]], [[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]] and [[Ellen Degeneres Show]]. In July, she performed the song during the swimsuit competition of the [[Miss Universe 2008]] beauty pageant in [[Vietnam]]. In [[Australia]] she performed on [[Sunrise]] (her performance caused controversy because of allegations she was [[lip-synching]]). She also performed on Australian late night talk show [[Rove]]. In the [[UK]] she performed on morning show [[GMTV]], comedy show [[Sunday Night Project]] and talk show [[T4]]. She also made various appearances on radio worldwide.

==Lyrics==
With HX Magazine, Lady Gaga explained what "Just Dance" was about:<brgt;
{{cquote|If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication. I wrote the song the day after I had just flew in from New York to L.A., so I was taken very quickly out of my party lifestyle. I wrote it instantly-like it flew out of my body. I'd been working on this album for two-and-a-half years, and I was at a crossroads with my songwriting. I was trying to be so cool with my own music, but I would get better responses when I would write for other artists because I was not trying to be cool. So when I did "Just Dance", that was my way of being like, "just fuckin' write a good song. Stop worrying about what's going to fly in the underground. Worry about writing a great record." Actually, that record ended up being more powerful than any of the songs that I racked my brain writing, and after that, it was an influx of record after record. It was almost like a switch went off in my brain, and I figured out how to write a good pop song.}}

==Reception==
Nick Levine, music editor of [[Digital Spy]] described the track as "mix [[Gwen Stefani]]'s ghetto fabulousness with a rather more limited version of [[Christina Aguilera]]'s voice, sprinkle in a bit of [[Madonna]]'s blonde ambition and then let it marinate in a generous helping of [[Andy Warhol]]."<refgt;[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a139516/lady-gaga-ft-colby-odonis-just-dance.html Digital Spy - Nick Levine review of "Just Dance"]</refgt; "It's a booming fusion of electropop and R&B that practically jumps out of the speakers and strong-arms you into shimmying round the office/your bedroom/Boots' deodorant aisle," the website said, the lyrics are all about "dancing through the intoxication", which is strangely perfect really.

Bill Lamb of [[About.com]] thought that "Just Dance" is a "a flamboyant, edgy performer, this song is rather tame, but it does provide a path to get Lady GaGa noticed by the mainstream. It's catchy and may just get you up off the couch, but my guess is there is much more interesting music yet to come from Lady GaGa".<refgt;[http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/justdance.htm Bill Lamb review of Just Dance]</refgt;

==Chart performance==
The track entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart at seventy-six on August 16, 2008. The single was a hit in clubs in the U.S. peaking both at #2 on the [[Hot Dance Airplay]], and [[Hot Dance Club Play]] during the summer of 2008. The song rose to number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, after selling huge downloads of 419,000, for the issue dated January 10, 2009. On the same issue, the song rose to #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]] due to more radio airplay and [[digital download]]s in the country. It has also peaked at the number one spot on the Billboard [[Hot Digital Tracks]] chart. On the issue dated January 17, 2009, the song rose to number one spot on the Hot 100 replacing "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" by [[Beyonce]], where it has stayed for two weeks so far .<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lady-gaga-dances-to-the-top-of-hot-100-1003928479.story|title=Lady GaGa Dances To The Top Of Hot 100|author=Jonathan Cohen|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]]|date=8th January, 2009|accessdate=2009-01-09}}</refgt;

In Canada, the song debuted at number ninety-seven on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] and topped the Canadian Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks during the summer, months before it became a big hit in the United States. <refgt;[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Canadian+Hot+100 Just Dance leaps on the Canadian Hot 100]</refgt;

The track debuted at number thirty-four on the [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] on July 21, 2008, and moved up to seventeen on the July 30 and was the chart's "greatest gainer". On September 15, 2008, the track topped the chart for one week before being knocked off the top spot for Pink's hit [[So What]]. It has since been certifed Double Platinum with sales of over 140,000 copies.<refgt;[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2008.htm ARIA year end charts]</refgt;<refgt;[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 Double Platinum certifications]</refgt;

The single also charted in New Zealand debuting at number nineteen in the same week it appeared in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It reached number three on the New Zealand's [[RIANZ]] Singles chart. It has been certified platinum by the RIANZ. <refgt;[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp RIANZ certification]</refgt; Just Dance is the 40th most successful song of all time in New Zealand. <refgt;[http://www.charts.org.nz.asp Charts.com]</refgt;

"Just Dance" received massive airplay in [[Romania]] and has reached number three on the Romanian Top 100 Airplay Songs.<refgt;[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GXF14aGxR9Q/SP9bOe_QhTI/AAAAAAAAABo/OgHa2-otOUg/s1600-h/rt.jpg Romanian Top 100]</refgt;. Moreover, in Europe, the track has achieved a moderate success. It has peaked the top ten in Bulgaria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. "Just Dance" peaked in the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Finland, France and Germany.<refgt;[http://acharts.us/song/35829 "Just Dance" peak positions all around the world]</refgt; In addition, the song also charted in Sweden, climbing to number six<refgt;[http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/28 Sweden Singles Top 60 week 28/2008]</refgt; two weeks after it debuted at number fourteen.<refgt;[http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/26 Sweden Singles Top 60 week 26/2008]</refgt;

In the U.K. "Just Dance" debuted at number 3 selling 40,537 copies from download sales alone on January 4, 2009. It rose to number one on January 11, 2009 selling 65,764 copies.<refgt;[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml UK Singles Chart]</refgt; In Ireland, the song debuted at number 11 in the week ending January 2, 2009. The following week it rose to number 2 on the main chart, and number one on the downloads chart and subsequent week reached topped the Singles chart.<ref name="Irish"gt;[http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=3 Just Dance tops Irish Singles chart]</refgt; Despite reaching number one in the United States, Canada and many other countries Lady GaGa was most proud of achieving number one sucess in the UK, even so that she cried when it was announced. She claims it has been a life long dream to have a big hit in the country and stated that her British fans are "so sexy and the people are so innovative and free in how they think about pop culture and music".<refgt;[http://news.uk.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?cp-documentid=12685666 Lady GaGa response on number one in the UK]</refgt;

==Remix==
The official remix of the song features rapper [[Kardinal Offishall]]. It contains samples of his voice from his own song "[[Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)|Dangerous]]", and also has the same rhythm and tempo as the song. It has also received airplay in a few radio stations due to it being released in Dance Clubs. Other remixes of the song, such as Tony Arzadon Remix, are also the versions some radio stations have decided to play.

==Music video==
[[Image:Lady gaga-justdance-musicvideo.PNG|left|200 px|thumb|Lady GaGa dancing in the music video for "Just Dance"]]

The video, directed by [[Melina Matsoukas]], starts with Lady GaGa arriving with her dancers, Dina and Pepper, at a [[house party]], which seems to have ended, and one of the dancers puts a black GF-1000 <refgt;[http://www.stereo80s.com/bbx.cfm?id=629 Image]</refgt; [[Boombox]] on, starting the music. The crowd at the party appear to be sleeping in different areas, and are awoken by the music. They all start to dance, and scenes of the party are inter cut with scenes of scantily dressed Lady GaGa dancing in a [[poncho]], with a disco ball or in a small rubber pool playing with an inflated killer whale. She wears a blue lightning shaped sticker beneath her right eye like that on the single cover. The video shows Colby O'Donis being flanked by several girls during the "When I come through on the dance floor" interlude. Cameo appearances are made by [[Akon]] and fellow label hip-hop band [[Flipsyde]].<refgt;[http://www.playhit.tv/lady-gaga-colby-odonis/just-dance-video_09aa0415a.html Lady GaGa: Just Dance]Retrieved on 2009-01-09</refgt;<refgt;[http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2008/05/when-you-hear-t.html When you hear: Videostatic]</refgt;

*Directed By:- [[Melina Matsoukas]]
*Produced By:- Kim Dellara, Hagai Shaham
*Production co-ordinater:- [[Black Dog Productions]]
*Edited By:- Jarret Fijal

==Cover versions==
Swedish singer [[Darin (singer)|Darin]] rewrote and re-recorded the track to "Girl Next Door", which makes an appearance on his fourth studio album ''[[Flashback (Darin album)|Flashback]]''.

==Track listings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''US Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''US Promo Club CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (A Capella)

'''US Promo Remix CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (A Capella)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Edit)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)

'''AUS CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''DE Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (Video)

{{col-2}}
'''DE Trend CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''FR Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Glam As You Club Mix)

'''US Remixes Part 2 EP'''
# "Just Dance" (RedOne Remix) Lady GaGa & [[Kardinal Offishall]]
# "Just Dance" (Space Cowboy Remix) Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis
# "Just Dance" (Robots To Mars Mix) Lady GaGa
# "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Remix) Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis

'''UK CD single'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" (RedOne Remix) Lady GaGa & Kardinal Offishal

'''UK 7" Numbered Picture Vinyl Disc'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)

'''Japanese Digital single'''<refgt;[http://mora.jp/package/80311556/00602517688056/ Just Dance] ''Mora.jp'' Retrieved on 8 January, 2009.</refgt;
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
{{col-end}}

==Official versions and remixes==
* "Just Dance" (original mix by Robert Orton)
* "Just Dance" A Capella
* "Just Dance" Instrumental
* "Just Dance" (Glam As You Club Mix)
* "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" ([[RedOne]] Remix featuring Kardinal Offishall)
* "Just Dance" ([[Manny Lehman]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Richard Vission]] Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" (Robots to Mars Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Space Cowboy]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Remix)
* "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Extended Club Mix)
* "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

==Charts==
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|- valign="top"
| width="25%" |
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2008)
!align="center"|Peak<br /gt;position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 Australian Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association<!-- Bot generated title --gt;]</refgt;
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://charts.orf.at/oe3/single/2008/woche36/ Austria singles chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|12
|-
|[[Ultratop 50|Belgium Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://acharts.us/belgium_singles_top_50 Belgium Ultratop 50]</refgt;
|align="center"|13
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<refgt;[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Canadian+Hot+100 Canadian Hot 100]</refgt;
|align="center"|1
|-
|Czech Top 100<refgt;[http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=2&sec=ba5b31eebb857d691e29623b3fd2b7a3 Czech Top 100]</refgt;
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://www.hitlisterne.dk/hl07/tracklisten.asp?list=t40# HITLISTEN.nu - Danish Singles Chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|6
|-
|[[Dutch Top 40]]<refgt;[http://www.futuremusiccharts.nl/futuremusiccharts/2009/01/nederlandse-t-1.html Dutch Top 40]</refgt;
|align="center"|20
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100]]<refgt;[http://uk.reuters.com/article/billboardCharts/idUKN0931679420090110 Eurochart Hot 100]</refgt;
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[Mitä hittiä|Finnish Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s Finnish singles chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://acharts.us/france_singles_top_100 France Singles Top 40]</refgt;
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|Germany Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://www.alaskajim.com/charts/currentsingles/international/germany.php German Singles Chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|15
|-
|[[FIMI|Italian Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://www.fimi.it Italian FIMI singles chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|26
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s Norwegian singles chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp RIANZ chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Spanish Singles Chart|Spanish Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://acharts.us/song/35829 Swiss Singles Chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|6
|-
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Switzerland|Swiss Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://acharts.us/song/35829 Swiss Singles Chart]</refgt;
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]]<refgt;[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on 2008-12-29</refgt;
|align="center"|16
|-
|}
{{col-2}}
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2009)
!align="center"|Peak<br /gt;position
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="Irish"/gt;
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<refgt;[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml UK Singles Chart: Just Dance big debut]</refgt;
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<refgt;[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100 Billboard Hot 100]</refgt;
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<refgt;[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Dance+Club+Play Billboard Hot Dance Club Play]</refgt;
|align="center"|2
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<refgt;[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard Pop 100]</refgt;
|align="center"|1
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

===Sales and certifications===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Country
! Sales
! Certification
|-
| Denmark
| 15,000+
| Platinum<refgt;[http://hitlisten.nu Denmark sales certification Denmark single certification]</refgt;
|-
| Australia
| 140,000+
| 2xPlatinum<refgt;[http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 ARIA single certification]</refgt;
|-
| New Zealand
| 15,000+
| Platinum<refgt;[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp RIANZ single certification]</refgt;
|-
| United States
| 2,248,800+
| 2xPlatinum<refgt;[http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/25950/week-ending-dec-28-2008-america-goes-on-a-downloading-binge/ America goes on a downloading binge]</refgt;
|-
| United Kingdom
| 105,000+
|
|-
|}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{succession box two to one
| before1 = "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]
| title1 = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[Canadian Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years1 = August 23, 2008 - September 27, 2008
| before2 = "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" by [[Kid Rock]]
| title2 = [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]]
| years2 = September 15, 2008 - September 22, 2008
| after = "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
}}
{{s-bef| before = "[[Live Your Life]]" by [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]}}
{{s-ttl| title = U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2009 (USA)|number-one single]]| years = January 1, 2009 -}}
{{s-aft| rows=4|after = incumbent}}
|-
{{s-bef|before = "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" by [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2009 (United States)|number-one single]]|years = January 8, 2009 - }}
|-
{{s-bef|rows=2|before = "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)#Alexandra Burke|Hallelujah]]" by [[Alexandra Burke]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[List_of_number-one_singles_from_the_2000s_(UK)#2009|number-one single]]|years = January 11, 2009 - }}
|-
{{s-ttl|title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[Number-one singles of 2009 (Ireland)|number-one single]] |years = January 15, 2009 -}}
|-
{{end box}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! Date
|-
| [[Canada]]
| {{start date|2008|8|12}}
|-
| [[Europe]]
| {{start date|2008|8|22}}
|-
| [[Australia]]
| {{start date|2008|8|30}}
|-
| [[United States]]
| {{start date|2008|10|14}}
|-
| [[Ireland]]
| {{start date|2008|12|26}}
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| {{start date|2008|12|29}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ladygaga.com Official website of Lady GaGa]

[[Category:Lady GaGa songs]]
[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Debut singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Canada]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Ireland]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Pop 100 number-one singles]]

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Fergie

2009-01-15T15:53:35Z

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[[Bild:MMVA2007_Fergie_1.jpg|thumb|Fergie im Juni 2007]]
'''Stacy Ann Ferguson''' (* [[27. März]] [[1975]] in [[Whittier]], [[Kalifornien]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stagestars.net/fergie/biography/|title=Fergie Biografie|publisher=StageStars (eng)}}</ref> besser bekannt als '''Fergie''', ist eine [[Vereinigte Staaten|US-amerikanische]] Sängerin und Schauspielerin. Seit 2003 ist sie Mitglied der [[Hip-Hop]]-Band [[The Black Eyed Peas]].

== Biografie ==

=== Jugend ===
Stacy Ann Ferguson kam am 27. März 1975 als erstes Kind von Terri und Patrick Ferguson in Whittier, Kalifornien zur Welt. In jüngeren Jahren war sie zunehmend als Schauspielerin tätig. So stand sie unter anderem für TV-Serien wie „[[Mr. Belvedere]]“ vor der Kamera. Bekanntheit erlangte sie vor allem mit ''[[Kids Incorporated]]'', einer Unterhaltungssendung für Kinder, in der sie von 1984 bis 1989 mitwirkte. Des Weiteren war Ferguson auch als [[Synchronsprecher]]in für die Zeichentrickserie ''[[Die Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]'' tätig.

=== Karriere ===
[[Bild:Mmva2007 Fergie a.jpg|thumb|Fergie]]
Später wurde Fergie Mitglied des Gesangstrios [[Wild Orchid (Band)|Wild Orchid]]. Die dreiköpfige Band veröffentlichte fünf Singles und zwei wenig erfolgreiche Alben. Nach Fertigstellung des dritten Albums verhinderten labelinterne Konflikte das Erscheinen der Platte. Ferguson verließ daraufhin Wild Orchid und war auf Grund psychischer Probleme (die unter anderem zur [[Drogenabhängigkeit|Sucht]] nach [[Ecstasy]] und [[Crystal (Droge)|Crystal]] führten) gezwungen, eine Therapie zu besuchen.

Im Sommer 2003 ersetzte Ferguson die einstige Backgroundsängerin der [[Black Eyed Peas]], [[Kim Hill]]. Obwohl sie zunächst nur als Gastinterpretin eingeplant war, überredeten [[will.i.am]], [[Apl De Ap]] und [[Taboo]] Fergie später, der Band als vollwertiges Mitglied beizutreten. Die Gruppe konnte seitdem mehr als 50 Millionen Tonträger verkaufen.

Im Juli 2006 veröffentlichte Fergie schließlich ihre erste Solosingle ''London Bridge''. Schon in der zweiten Woche sprang der Song von Platz 84 auf 5; danach erreichte ''London Bridge'' sowohl Platz 1 der US-Charts, als auch die Top 5 in den [[Deutschland|deutschen]] und [[Österreich|österreichischen]] [[Media Control|Single-Charts]]. Ihr Solodebüt, ''[[The Dutchess]]'', wurde am 19. September 2006 in den [[Vereinigte Staaten|Vereinigten Staaten]] veröffentlicht<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stagestars.net/fergie/discography/|title=Fergie Diskografie|publisher=StageStars (eng)}}</ref> und erreichte dort Platz 2. Auch in anderen Ländern erreichte das Album hohe Chartpositionen und verkaufte sich weltweit bisher über fünf Millionen Mal. Mit der dritten Singleauskopplung, ''Glamorous'', konnte Fergie indes in den Vereinigten Staaten einen weiteren Nummer-Eins-Hit verbuchen und auch die vierte Single, ''Big Girls Don’t Cry'', stieg auf die Spitze der amerikanischen Charts, womit Fergie seit [[Christina Aguilera]] die erste weibliche Solokünstlerin ist, der es gelungen war, drei Nummer-1-Hits vom selben Album in den U.S. Hot 100 zu platzieren. Der Song hatte daraufhin Platz 15 in den Top 50 der meistverkauften Songs von 1999-2007 erreicht sowie Platz 3 in den MediaTraffic Jahrescharts 2007.<ref>[http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2007.htm]</ref> 2008 brachte ''Big Girls Don't Cry'' Fergie auch eine Grammy-Nominierung ein. Am 14. Mai 2007 startete sie in [[Seattle]] ihre [[Tournee|Solotour]] durch die Vereinigten Staaten.

Im Juni 2006 war Ferguson außerdem in ihrer ersten größeren Nebenrolle auf der Kinoleinwand zu sehen. In [[Wolfgang Petersen]]s [[Neuverfilmung|Filmremake]] ''[[Poseidon (Film)|Poseidon]]'', für dessen [[Soundtrack]] sie zwei Titel beisteuerte, verkörperte Ferguson die Sängerin Gloria. 2007 hatte sie eine Nebenrolle in dem Horrorfilm ''[[Grindhouse (Film)|Grindhouse]]'' inne. Außerdem sang sie den Titelsong zu ''[[Shrek der Dritte]]''.
2006 wurde sie ausgezeichnet als die Frau mit den schönsten Beinen im Showgeschäft. Ein Jahr zuvor hatte noch [[Jennifer Aniston]] diesen Titel erhalten.
Im September 2007 brachte Fergie außerdem ihre erste eigene Handtaschenkollektion auf den Markt.

Fergie wurde 2006 von den Lesern des Männermagazins [[Maxim (Zeitschrift)|Maxim]] auf Platz 36 der 100 attraktivsten Frauen der Welt gewählt; im nächsten Jahr erreichte sie in der gleichen Liste Position 10.

Bei den MTV Video Music Awards 2007 gewann Fergie in der Kategorie ''Best Female Artist Of The Year'', bei den Teen Choice Awards war sie zweimal nominiert und gewann den Award für ''Choice Female Artist''. Bei den Latin Grammy Awards 2007 war sie mit Daddy Yankee für „Impacto“ nominiert. Auch gewann sie bei den American Music Awards 2007 in der Kategorie Pop/Rock den Preis als beste Künstlerin.

In ihrem Lied ''Clumsy'' aus dem Jahr 2008 benutzte Fergie im Refrain ein Sample des berühmten amerikanischen Rappers Jay-Z.

Die Single ''Big Girls Don't Cry'' befindet sich in den Media-Traffic Alltime-Charts seit 1999-2008 der meist verkauften Songs auf Platz 10. Das Album schaffte es auch auf Platz 48 der Media-Traffic Alltime Album-Charts seit 2003.

Seit dem 10. Januar 2009 ist sie mit dem Schauspieler [[Josh Duhamel]] verheiratet<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/news/artikel/2009/01/11/2702932.xml Zeit.de] ''Zugriff am 11. Januar 2008''</ref>.

== Diskografie ==

=== Alben ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Jahr
! rowspan="2" width="180"| Titel
! colspan="5" | Chartpositionen<ref name="chartpositionen">Album-Charts: [http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Fergie/?type=longplay DE], [http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fergie AT], [http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fergie CH], [http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=9295 UK], [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=542673&model.vnuAlbumId=793652 US]; Single-Charts: [http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Fergie/?type=single DE], [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=542673&model.vnuAlbumId=793652 US]</ref>
! rowspan="2" width="100"| Verkäufe
|-
!width="30"| [[Media-Control-Charts|DE]]
!width="30"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]
!width="30"| [[Schweizer Hitparade|CH]]
!width="30"| [[UK Top 40|UK]]
!width="30"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Dutchess]]''
|style="text-align: center"| 11
|style="text-align: center"| 17
|style="text-align: center"| 11
|style="text-align: center"| 18
|style="text-align: center"| 2
| 5.471.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2006.htm Year-end Chart 2006] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2007.htm Year-end Chart 2007] + 2008: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week01-2008.htm 01] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week02-2008.htm 02] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week03-2008.htm 03] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week04-2008.htm 04] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week05-2008.htm 05] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week06-2008.htm 06] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week07-2008.htm 07] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week08-2008.htm 08] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week09-2008.htm 09]</ref>
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Jahr
! rowspan="2" width="250"| Titel
! colspan="5" |Chartpositionen<ref name="chartpositionen" />
! rowspan="2" width="150"| Album
! rowspan="2" width="150"| Anmerkungen
|-
! width="30"| '''[[Media-Control-Charts|DE]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Schweizer Hitparade|CH]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[UK Top 40|UK]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]'''
|-
|align="center" rowspan="2"|2006
| London Bridge
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| 6
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in den USA (2006)|'''1''']]
|align="left" rowspan="7"|''The Dutchess''
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 3.370.000<ref name="tracks2006YearEndChart">MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2006.htm Tracks Year-End Chart 2006], Tracks 2007 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2007.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2007.htm 03]</ref>
|-
| Fergalicious (feat [[Will.i.am]])
|style="text-align: center"| 23
|style="text-align: center"| 34
|style="text-align: center"| 29
|style="text-align: center"| 26
|style="text-align: center"| 2
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 3.053.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de: Tracks 2006 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2006.htm 45], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2006.htm 46], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2006.htm 47], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2006.htm 48], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2006.htm 49], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2006.htm 50], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2006.htm 51], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2006.htm 52], Tracks 2007 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2007.htm 01], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2007.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2007.htm 03], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2007.htm 04], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2007.htm 05], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week06-2007.htm 06], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2007.htm 07], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week08-2007.htm 08], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week09-2007.htm 09], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week10-2007.htm 10], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week11-2007.htm 11], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week12-2007.htm 12], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week13-2007.htm 13], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week14-2007.htm 14]</ref>
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|2007
| Glamorous (feat [[Ludacris]])
|style="text-align: center"| 16
|style="text-align: center"| 25
|style="text-align: center"| 38
|style="text-align: center"| 6
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in den USA (2007)|'''1''']]
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 3.136.000<ref name="tracksYearEndChart2007">MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2007.htm Tracks Year-End Chart 2007]</ref>
|-
|Big Girls Don’t Cry
|style="text-align: center"| 6
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in Österreich (2007)|'''1''']]
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| 2
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in den USA (2007)|'''1''']]
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 8.325.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2007.htm Tracks Year-End Chart 2007], Tracks 2008 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm 01], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm 03], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm 04], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm 05], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week06-2008.htm 06], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm 07], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week08-2008.htm 08], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week09-2008.htm 09], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week10-2008.htm 10]</ref>
|-
|Clumsy
|style="text-align: center"| 50
|style="text-align: center"| 53
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 62
|style="text-align: center"| 5
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 2.797.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de, Tracks 2007 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2007.htm 45], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2007.htm 46], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2007.htm 47], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2007.htm 48], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2007.htm 49], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2007.htm 50], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2007.htm 51], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2007.htm 52], Tracks 2008 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm 01], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm 03], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm 04], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm 05], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week06-2008.htm 06], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm 07], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week08-2008.htm 08], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week09-2008.htm 09], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week10-2008.htm 10], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week11-2008.htm 11], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week12-2008.htm 12], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week13-2008.htm 13]</ref>
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|2008
|Here I Come (feat [[Will.i.am]])²
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|
|-
|Finally (feat [[John Legend]])
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|
|-
| Labels or Love
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 53
|style="text-align: center"| 69
|style="text-align: center"| 56
|style="text-align: center"| –
|align="left"|''Sex and the City: The Movie Soundtrack''
|
|}
* ² Veröffentlichung nur in Australien. In den US-Charts nur durch hohe Downloads.

=== Kollaborationen ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Jahr
! rowspan="2" width="250"| Titel
! colspan="5" |Chartpositionen<ref name="chartpositionen" />
! rowspan="2" width="200"| Album
|-
! width="30"| '''[[Media-Control-Charts|DE]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Schweizer Hitparade|CH]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[UK Top 40|UK]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]'''
|-
|align="center"|2007
| Impacto (Remix) ([[Daddy Yankee]] feat Fergie)³
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 57
|align="left"|''El Cartel: The Big Boss''
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|2008
| Beat It 2008 ([[Michael Jackson]] feat Fergie)
|style="text-align: center"| 69
|style="text-align: center"| 65
|style="text-align: center"| 26
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|align="left"|''Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)''
|-
| Party People ([[Nelly (Rapper)|Nelly]] feat Fergie)
|style="text-align: center"| 23
|style="text-align: center"| 46
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 14
|style="text-align: center"| 40
|align="left"|''Brass Knuckles''
|-
| That Ain't Cool ([[Kumi Kōda]] feat Fergie)
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|align="left"|''Moon''
|}
* ³ Veröffentlichung nur in den USA.

== Filmografie ==
* 2003: [[Rocket Power]]
* 2004: [[Las Vegas (Fernsehserie)|Las Vegas - Season 2]] (TV, [[Cameo-Auftritt]])
* 2005: [[Be Cool]] (Gastauftritt [[Black Eyed Peas]])
* 2006: [[Poseidon (Film)|Poseidon]]
* 2007: [[Grindhouse (Film)|Grindhouse]]:[[Planet Terror]]
* 2007: [[Departed – Unter Feinden]] (Gastauftritt)

== Quellen==
<references/>

== Weblinks ==
{{Commonscat|Fergie}}
* [http://www.fergie.com/ Offizielle internationale Homepage] (englisch)
* [http://www.stagestars.net/fergie/ StageStars: Fergie] (englisch)
* {{IMDb Name|ID=0004914|NAME=Stacy Ferguson}}
* {{MusicBrainz_Künstler|name=Stacy Ferguson|id=fa44ad48-0ae4-4e2e-b357-2e214239b6c8}}
* {{Discogs|Stacy+Ferguson|Stacy Ferguson}}

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[[Kategorie:Frau]]

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Fergie

2009-01-15T15:53:12Z

Tsukamoto: changing of ja interlink

{{quelle||'''Viele Single-Chartpositionen sind'''}}
[[Bild:MMVA2007_Fergie_1.jpg|thumb|Fergie im Juni 2007]]
'''Stacy Ann Ferguson''' (* [[27. März]] [[1975]] in [[Whittier]], [[Kalifornien]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stagestars.net/fergie/biography/|title=Fergie Biografie|publisher=StageStars (eng)}}</ref> besser bekannt als '''Fergie''', ist eine [[Vereinigte Staaten|US-amerikanische]] Sängerin und Schauspielerin. Seit 2003 ist sie Mitglied der [[Hip-Hop]]-Band [[The Black Eyed Peas]].

== Biografie ==

=== Jugend ===
Stacy Ann Ferguson kam am 27. März 1975 als erstes Kind von Terri und Patrick Ferguson in Whittier, Kalifornien zur Welt. In jüngeren Jahren war sie zunehmend als Schauspielerin tätig. So stand sie unter anderem für TV-Serien wie „[[Mr. Belvedere]]“ vor der Kamera. Bekanntheit erlangte sie vor allem mit ''[[Kids Incorporated]]'', einer Unterhaltungssendung für Kinder, in der sie von 1984 bis 1989 mitwirkte. Des Weiteren war Ferguson auch als [[Synchronsprecher]]in für die Zeichentrickserie ''[[Die Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]'' tätig.

=== Karriere ===
[[Bild:Mmva2007 Fergie a.jpg|thumb|Fergie]]
Später wurde Fergie Mitglied des Gesangstrios [[Wild Orchid (Band)|Wild Orchid]]. Die dreiköpfige Band veröffentlichte fünf Singles und zwei wenig erfolgreiche Alben. Nach Fertigstellung des dritten Albums verhinderten labelinterne Konflikte das Erscheinen der Platte. Ferguson verließ daraufhin Wild Orchid und war auf Grund psychischer Probleme (die unter anderem zur [[Drogenabhängigkeit|Sucht]] nach [[Ecstasy]] und [[Crystal (Droge)|Crystal]] führten) gezwungen, eine Therapie zu besuchen.

Im Sommer 2003 ersetzte Ferguson die einstige Backgroundsängerin der [[Black Eyed Peas]], [[Kim Hill]]. Obwohl sie zunächst nur als Gastinterpretin eingeplant war, überredeten [[will.i.am]], [[Apl De Ap]] und [[Taboo]] Fergie später, der Band als vollwertiges Mitglied beizutreten. Die Gruppe konnte seitdem mehr als 50 Millionen Tonträger verkaufen.

Im Juli 2006 veröffentlichte Fergie schließlich ihre erste Solosingle ''London Bridge''. Schon in der zweiten Woche sprang der Song von Platz 84 auf 5; danach erreichte ''London Bridge'' sowohl Platz 1 der US-Charts, als auch die Top 5 in den [[Deutschland|deutschen]] und [[Österreich|österreichischen]] [[Media Control|Single-Charts]]. Ihr Solodebüt, ''[[The Dutchess]]'', wurde am 19. September 2006 in den [[Vereinigte Staaten|Vereinigten Staaten]] veröffentlicht<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stagestars.net/fergie/discography/|title=Fergie Diskografie|publisher=StageStars (eng)}}</ref> und erreichte dort Platz 2. Auch in anderen Ländern erreichte das Album hohe Chartpositionen und verkaufte sich weltweit bisher über fünf Millionen Mal. Mit der dritten Singleauskopplung, ''Glamorous'', konnte Fergie indes in den Vereinigten Staaten einen weiteren Nummer-Eins-Hit verbuchen und auch die vierte Single, ''Big Girls Don’t Cry'', stieg auf die Spitze der amerikanischen Charts, womit Fergie seit [[Christina Aguilera]] die erste weibliche Solokünstlerin ist, der es gelungen war, drei Nummer-1-Hits vom selben Album in den U.S. Hot 100 zu platzieren. Der Song hatte daraufhin Platz 15 in den Top 50 der meistverkauften Songs von 1999-2007 erreicht sowie Platz 3 in den MediaTraffic Jahrescharts 2007.<ref>[http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2007.htm]</ref> 2008 brachte ''Big Girls Don't Cry'' Fergie auch eine Grammy-Nominierung ein. Am 14. Mai 2007 startete sie in [[Seattle]] ihre [[Tournee|Solotour]] durch die Vereinigten Staaten.

Im Juni 2006 war Ferguson außerdem in ihrer ersten größeren Nebenrolle auf der Kinoleinwand zu sehen. In [[Wolfgang Petersen]]s [[Neuverfilmung|Filmremake]] ''[[Poseidon (Film)|Poseidon]]'', für dessen [[Soundtrack]] sie zwei Titel beisteuerte, verkörperte Ferguson die Sängerin Gloria. 2007 hatte sie eine Nebenrolle in dem Horrorfilm ''[[Grindhouse (Film)|Grindhouse]]'' inne. Außerdem sang sie den Titelsong zu ''[[Shrek der Dritte]]''.
2006 wurde sie ausgezeichnet als die Frau mit den schönsten Beinen im Showgeschäft. Ein Jahr zuvor hatte noch [[Jennifer Aniston]] diesen Titel erhalten.
Im September 2007 brachte Fergie außerdem ihre erste eigene Handtaschenkollektion auf den Markt.

Fergie wurde 2006 von den Lesern des Männermagazins [[Maxim (Zeitschrift)|Maxim]] auf Platz 36 der 100 attraktivsten Frauen der Welt gewählt; im nächsten Jahr erreichte sie in der gleichen Liste Position 10.

Bei den MTV Video Music Awards 2007 gewann Fergie in der Kategorie ''Best Female Artist Of The Year'', bei den Teen Choice Awards war sie zweimal nominiert und gewann den Award für ''Choice Female Artist''. Bei den Latin Grammy Awards 2007 war sie mit Daddy Yankee für „Impacto“ nominiert. Auch gewann sie bei den American Music Awards 2007 in der Kategorie Pop/Rock den Preis als beste Künstlerin.

In ihrem Lied ''Clumsy'' aus dem Jahr 2008 benutzte Fergie im Refrain ein Sample des berühmten amerikanischen Rappers Jay-Z.

Die Single ''Big Girls Don't Cry'' befindet sich in den Media-Traffic Alltime-Charts seit 1999-2008 der meist verkauften Songs auf Platz 10. Das Album schaffte es auch auf Platz 48 der Media-Traffic Alltime Album-Charts seit 2003.

Seit dem 10. Januar 2009 ist sie mit dem Schauspieler [[Josh Duhamel]] verheiratet<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/news/artikel/2009/01/11/2702932.xml Zeit.de] ''Zugriff am 11. Januar 2008''</ref>.

== Diskografie ==

=== Alben ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Jahr
! rowspan="2" width="180"| Titel
! colspan="5" | Chartpositionen<ref name="chartpositionen">Album-Charts: [http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Fergie/?type=longplay DE], [http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fergie AT], [http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fergie CH], [http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=9295 UK], [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=542673&model.vnuAlbumId=793652 US]; Single-Charts: [http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Fergie/?type=single DE], [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=542673&model.vnuAlbumId=793652 US]</ref>
! rowspan="2" width="100"| Verkäufe
|-
!width="30"| [[Media-Control-Charts|DE]]
!width="30"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]
!width="30"| [[Schweizer Hitparade|CH]]
!width="30"| [[UK Top 40|UK]]
!width="30"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Dutchess]]''
|style="text-align: center"| 11
|style="text-align: center"| 17
|style="text-align: center"| 11
|style="text-align: center"| 18
|style="text-align: center"| 2
| 5.471.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2006.htm Year-end Chart 2006] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2007.htm Year-end Chart 2007] + 2008: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week01-2008.htm 01] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week02-2008.htm 02] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week03-2008.htm 03] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week04-2008.htm 04] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week05-2008.htm 05] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week06-2008.htm 06] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week07-2008.htm 07] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week08-2008.htm 08] + [http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week09-2008.htm 09]</ref>
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Jahr
! rowspan="2" width="250"| Titel
! colspan="5" |Chartpositionen<ref name="chartpositionen" />
! rowspan="2" width="150"| Album
! rowspan="2" width="150"| Anmerkungen
|-
! width="30"| '''[[Media-Control-Charts|DE]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Schweizer Hitparade|CH]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[UK Top 40|UK]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]'''
|-
|align="center" rowspan="2"|2006
| London Bridge
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| 6
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in den USA (2006)|'''1''']]
|align="left" rowspan="7"|''The Dutchess''
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 3.370.000<ref name="tracks2006YearEndChart">MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2006.htm Tracks Year-End Chart 2006], Tracks 2007 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2007.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2007.htm 03]</ref>
|-
| Fergalicious (feat [[Will.i.am]])
|style="text-align: center"| 23
|style="text-align: center"| 34
|style="text-align: center"| 29
|style="text-align: center"| 26
|style="text-align: center"| 2
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 3.053.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de: Tracks 2006 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2006.htm 45], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2006.htm 46], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2006.htm 47], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2006.htm 48], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2006.htm 49], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2006.htm 50], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2006.htm 51], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2006.htm 52], Tracks 2007 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2007.htm 01], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2007.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2007.htm 03], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2007.htm 04], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2007.htm 05], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week06-2007.htm 06], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2007.htm 07], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week08-2007.htm 08], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week09-2007.htm 09], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week10-2007.htm 10], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week11-2007.htm 11], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week12-2007.htm 12], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week13-2007.htm 13], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week14-2007.htm 14]</ref>
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|2007
| Glamorous (feat [[Ludacris]])
|style="text-align: center"| 16
|style="text-align: center"| 25
|style="text-align: center"| 38
|style="text-align: center"| 6
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in den USA (2007)|'''1''']]
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 3.136.000<ref name="tracksYearEndChart2007">MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2007.htm Tracks Year-End Chart 2007]</ref>
|-
|Big Girls Don’t Cry
|style="text-align: center"| 6
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in Österreich (2007)|'''1''']]
|style="text-align: center"| 3
|style="text-align: center"| 2
|style="text-align: center"| [[Liste der Nummer-Eins-Hits in den USA (2007)|'''1''']]
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 8.325.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2007.htm Tracks Year-End Chart 2007], Tracks 2008 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm 01], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm 03], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm 04], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm 05], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week06-2008.htm 06], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm 07], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week08-2008.htm 08], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week09-2008.htm 09], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week10-2008.htm 10]</ref>
|-
|Clumsy
|style="text-align: center"| 50
|style="text-align: center"| 53
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 62
|style="text-align: center"| 5
|Weltweite Verkäufe: 2.797.000<ref>MediaTraffic.de, Tracks 2007 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2007.htm 45], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2007.htm 46], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2007.htm 47], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2007.htm 48], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2007.htm 49], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2007.htm 50], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2007.htm 51], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2007.htm 52], Tracks 2008 Weeks: [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm 01], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm 02], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm 03], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm 04], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm 05], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week06-2008.htm 06], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm 07], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week08-2008.htm 08], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week09-2008.htm 09], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week10-2008.htm 10], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week11-2008.htm 11], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week12-2008.htm 12], [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week13-2008.htm 13]</ref>
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|2008
|Here I Come (feat [[Will.i.am]])²
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|
|-
|Finally (feat [[John Legend]])
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|
|-
| Labels or Love
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 53
|style="text-align: center"| 69
|style="text-align: center"| 56
|style="text-align: center"| –
|align="left"|''Sex and the City: The Movie Soundtrack''
|
|}
* ² Veröffentlichung nur in Australien. In den US-Charts nur durch hohe Downloads.

=== Kollaborationen ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | Jahr
! rowspan="2" width="250"| Titel
! colspan="5" |Chartpositionen<ref name="chartpositionen" />
! rowspan="2" width="200"| Album
|-
! width="30"| '''[[Media-Control-Charts|DE]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Schweizer Hitparade|CH]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[UK Top 40|UK]]'''
! width="30"| '''[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]'''
|-
|align="center"|2007
| Impacto (Remix) ([[Daddy Yankee]] feat Fergie)³
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 57
|align="left"|''El Cartel: The Big Boss''
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|2008
| Beat It 2008 ([[Michael Jackson]] feat Fergie)
|style="text-align: center"| 69
|style="text-align: center"| 65
|style="text-align: center"| 26
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|align="left"|''Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)''
|-
| Party People ([[Nelly (Rapper)|Nelly]] feat Fergie)
|style="text-align: center"| 23
|style="text-align: center"| 46
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| 14
|style="text-align: center"| 40
|align="left"|''Brass Knuckles''
|-
| That Ain't Cool ([[Kumi Kōda]] feat Fergie)
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|style="text-align: center"| –
|align="left"|''Moon''
|}
* ³ Veröffentlichung nur in den USA.

== Filmografie ==
* 2003: [[Rocket Power]]
* 2004: [[Las Vegas (Fernsehserie)|Las Vegas - Season 2]] (TV, [[Cameo-Auftritt]])
* 2005: [[Be Cool]] (Gastauftritt [[Black Eyed Peas]])
* 2006: [[Poseidon (Film)|Poseidon]]
* 2007: [[Grindhouse (Film)|Grindhouse]]:[[Planet Terror]]
* 2007: [[Departed – Unter Feinden]] (Gastauftritt)

== Quellen==
<references/>

== Weblinks ==
{{Commonscat|Fergie}}
* [http://www.fergie.com/ Offizielle internationale Homepage] (englisch)
* [http://www.stagestars.net/fergie/ StageStars: Fergie] (englisch)
* {{IMDb Name|ID=0004914|NAME=Stacy Ferguson}}
* {{MusicBrainz_Künstler|name=Stacy Ferguson|id=fa44ad48-0ae4-4e2e-b357-2e214239b6c8}}
* {{Discogs|Stacy+Ferguson|Stacy Ferguson}}

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[[Kategorie:Contemporary-R&B-Sänger]]
[[Kategorie:US-amerikanischer Musiker]]
[[Kategorie:Schauspieler]]
[[Kategorie:Pseudonym]]
[[Kategorie:Geboren 1975]]
[[Kategorie:Frau]]

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Fergie (Begriffsklärung)

2009-01-15T15:52:33Z

Tsukamoto: Adding: ja

'''Fergie''' ist der Name folgender Personen:

* [[Fergie Frederiksen]] (* 1951), US-amerikanischer Sänger
* [[Fergie (Sängerin)]] (eigentlich ''Stacy Ann Ferguson''; * 1975), US-amerikanische Sängerin und Schauspielerin
* [[Sarah Ferguson]] (Spitzname ''Fergie''; * 1959), geschiedene Ehefrau des britischen Prinzen Andrew

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Just Dance (Lied)

2009-01-08T14:06:43Z

Tsukamoto:

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{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Just Dance
| Cover = Lady GaGa - Just Dance (Official UK Single Cover).png
| Artist = [[Lady GaGa]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
| Album = [[The Fame (Lady GaGa album)|The Fame]]
| Released = {{Start date|2008|4|8}} {{Start date|2008|12|29}} ([[UK]])
| Format = [[CD single|CD]], [[Digital download]], [[12-inch single|12" vinyl]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Dance-pop]], [[electropop]]
| Length = 4:02
| Label = Streamline, [[Kon Live Distribution|Kon Live]], [[Interscope Records]]
| Writer = Lady Gaga
| Producer = [[RedOne]], [[Akon]]
| Audio sample? =
| Certification = 2xPlatinum ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) Platinum ([[RIANZ]])
| Chronology = [[Lady GaGa]] singles
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Poker Face (Lady GaGa song)|Poker Face]]" (2008)
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Colby O'Donis]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[What You Got (Colby O'Donis song)|What You Got]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Don't Turn Back]]" (2008)
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Name = The Voice Within
| Audio file = Lady_GaGa-Just_Dance.ogg
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}}

"'''Just Dance'''" is a [[dance-pop]] song and lead single from [[Lady GaGa]]'s debut studio album, ''[[The Fame (Lady GaGa album)|The Fame]]''. The song is written by Lady GaGa and features [[Colby O'Donis]], who is signed to the same label as GaGa, and [[Akon]], who provides backing vocals through Colby's verse and shortly afterwards. The track is produced by [[RedOne]] (most known for working with Akon, and [[Kat DeLuna]]).

The song has charted at number 1 in Australia, Canada and most recently in the United States, and number 3 in New Zealand and UK with downloads alone. In the U.S. "Just Dance" scored the second biggest-single-week sum of all time behind [[Flo Rida]]'s 467,000 from the same week last year, the song sold 419,000 downloads in just one week.<ref name="billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/beyonce-starts-2009-atop-the-hot-100-1003926344.story Beyonce Starts 2009 Atop The Hot 100]</ref>

==Single release and promotion==
Released as the [[lead single]] from the album, "Just Dance" was first released to radio stations in the U.S. on April 8, 2008. It was released commercially worldwide on June 17, 2008 through digital distribution. It was released in the United Kingdom on January 5th, 2009.

On August 16, 2008, the song debuted at number seventy-six on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It also garnered second biggest-single week sum of all time with download sales of 419,000, the biggest single-week tally by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in 2003.<ref name="billboard" />

During an interview with ''HX'' magazine, Lady Gaga talked about the song quoting: "If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication."

==Reception==

Nick Levine, music editor of [[Digital Spy]] described the track as "mix [[Gwen Stefani]]'s guetto ghetto fabulousness with a rather more limited version of [[Christina Aguilera]]'s voice, sprinkle in a bit of [[Madonna]]'s blonde ambition and then let it marinate in a generous helping of [[Andy Warhol]]."<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a139516/lady-gaga-ft-colby-odonis-just-dance.html]</ref> "It's a booming fusion of electropop and R&B that practically jumps out of the speakers and strong-arms you into shimmying round the office/your bedroom/Boots' deodorant aisle," the website said, the lyrics are all about "dancing through the intoxication", which is strangely perfect really.

Bill Lamb of [[About.com]] thought that "Just Dance" is a "a flamboyant, edgy performer, this song is rather tame, but it does provide a path to get Lady GaGa noticed by the mainstream. It's catchy and may just get you up off the couch, but my guess is there is much more interesting music yet to come from Lady GaGa".<ref>[http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/justdance.htm]</ref>

==Chart performance==
The track entered the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart at seventy-six on August 16, 2008. The single was a hit in clubs in the U.S. peaking both at #2 on the [[Hot Dance Airplay]], and [[Hot Dance Club Play]] during the summer of 2008. It made it's debut on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] that summer at number seventy-six and eventually broke into the [[Top 40]]<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/35829]</ref>. The song rose to number two on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], after selling huge downloads of 419,000, for the issue dated January 10, 2009. On the same issue, the song rose to #1 on the [[Billboard Pop 100]] due to more radio airplay and [[digital download]]s in the country. It has also peaked at the number one spot on the Billboard [[Hot Digital Tracks]] chart. On the issue dated January 17, 2009, the song rose to number one spot on the [[Hot 100]] replacing "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" by [[Beyonce]].

In Canada, the song debuted at number ninety-seven on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] and topped the Canadian Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, and become Lady Gaga first number one hit in that country.

The track debuted at number thirty-four on the [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] on July 21, 2008, and moved up to seventeen on the July 30 and was the chart's "greatest gainer". On September 15, 2008, the track topped the chart for one week before being knocked off the top spot for Pink's hit [[So What]]. It has since been certifed Double Platinum with sales of over 140,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2008.htm ARIA year end charts]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 Double Platinum certifications]</ref>

The single also charted in New Zealand debuting at number nineteen in the same week it appeared in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It reached number three on the New Zealand's [[RIANZ]] Singles chart. It has been certified platinum by the RIANZ.<ref>According To [http://www.charts.org.nz.asp] Just Dance is the 40th most successful song of all time.[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp]</ref>

"Just Dance" received massive airplay in [[Romania]] and has reached number three on the Romanian Top 100 Airplay Songs.<ref>[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GXF14aGxR9Q/SP9bOe_QhTI/AAAAAAAAABo/OgHa2-otOUg/s1600-h/rt.jpg Romanian Top 100]</ref>. Moreover, in Europe, the track has achieved a moderate success. It has peaked the top ten in Bulgaria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. "Just Dance" peaked in the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Finland, France and Germany.<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/35829 "Just Dance" peak positions all around the world]</ref> In addition, the song also charted in Sweden, climbing to number six<ref>[http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/28 Sweden Singles Top 60 week 28/2008]</ref> two weeks after it debuted at number fourteen.<ref>[http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/26 Sweden Singles Top 60 week 26/2008]</ref>

In the [[U.K.]] "Just Dance" debuted at number 3 selling 40,537 copies from download sales alone on January 4, 2009. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml UK Singles Chart]</ref> In Ireland, the song debuted at number 11 in the week ending January 2, 2009. "Just Dance" is currently in the lead to take the number 1 spot on the UK singles chart this weekend.

==Remix==
The official remix of the song features rapper [[Kardinal Offishall]]. It contains samples of his voice from his own song "[[Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)|Dangerous]]", and also has the same rhythm and tempo as the song. It has also received airplay in a few radio stations due to it being released in Dance Clubs. Other remixes of the song, such as Tony Arzadon Remix, are also the versions some radio stations have decided to play.

==Lyrics==
With HX Magazine, Lady Gaga explained what "Just Dance" was about: 
{{cquote|If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication. I wrote the song the day after I had just flew in from New York to L.A., so I was taken very quickly out of my party lifestyle. I wrote it instantly-like it flew out of my body. I'd been working on this album for two-and-a-half years, and I was at a crossroads with my songwriting. I was trying to be so cool with my own music, but I would get better responses when I would write for other artists because I was not trying to be cool. So when I did "Just Dance", that was my way of being like, "just fuckin' write a good song. Stop worrying about what's going to fly in the underground. Worry about writing a great record." Actually, that record ended up being more powerful than any of the songs that I racked my brain writing, and after that, it was an influx of record after record. It was almost like a switch went off in my brain, and I figured out how to write a good pop song.}}

==Music video==
[[Image:Lady gaga-justdance-musicvideo.PNG|left|190 px|thumb|Lady GaGa dancing in the music video for "Just Dance"]]

The video, directed by [[Melina Matsoukas]], starts Lady GaGa arrives with her dancers, Dina and Pepper, at a [[house party]], which seems to have ended, and one of the dancers puts a stereo on, starting the music. The crowd at the party appear to be sleeping in different areas, and are awoken by the music. They all start to dance, and scenes of the party are inter cut with scenes of scantily dressed Lady GaGa dancing in a [[poncho]], with a disco ball or in a small rubber pool. She wears a blue lightning shaped sticker beneath her right eye like that on the single cover. The video shows Colby O'Donis being flanked by several girls during the "When I come through on the dance floor" interlude. Cameo appearances are made by [[Akon]] and fellow label hip-hop band [[Flipsyde]].

==Track listings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''US Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''US Promo Club CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (A Capella)

'''US Promo Remix CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (A Capella)
# "Just Dance" ([[HCCR]]'s [[Bambossa]] Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Edit)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)

'''AUS CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''DE Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (Video)

{{col-2}}
'''DE Trend CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''FR Maxi CD single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
# "Just Dance" ([[Glam As You]] Club Mix)

'''US Remixes Part 2 EP'''
# "Just Dance" (RedOne Remix) Lady GaGa & [[Kardinal Offishall]]
# "Just Dance" (Space Cowboy Remix) Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis
# "Just Dance" (Robots To Mars Mix) Lady GaGa
# "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Remix) Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis

'''UK CD single'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" (RedOne Remix) Lady GaGa & Kardinal Offishal

'''UK 7" Numbered Picture Vinyl Disc'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)

'''Japanese Digital single'''<ref>[http://mora.jp/package/80311556/00602517688056/ Just Dance] ''Mora.jp'' Retrieved on 8 January, 2009.</ref>
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
{{col-end}}

==Official versions and remixes==
* "Just Dance" (original mix by Robert Orton)
* "Just Dance" A Capella
* "Just Dance" Instrumental
* "Just Dance" (Glam As You Club Mix)
* "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" ([[RedOne]] Remix featuring Kardinal Offishall)
* "Just Dance" ([[Manny Lehman]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Richard Vission]] Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" ([[Robots to Mars]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Space Cowboy]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Tony Arzadon]] Extended Club Mix)
* "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" ([[Trevor Simpson]] Remix)

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2008)<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/35829]</ref>
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 Australian Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://charts.orf.at/oe3/single/2008/woche36/ Austria singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|[[Ultratop 50|Belgium Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://acharts.us/belgium_singles_top_50 Belgium Ultratop 50]</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|Czech Top 100<ref>[http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=2&sec=ba5b31eebb857d691e29623b3fd2b7a3 Czech Top 100]</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Danish Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.hitlisterne.dk/hl07/tracklisten.asp?list=t40# HITLISTEN.nu]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|[[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Mega Single Top 100]]<ref>[http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s Dutch top 100]</ref>
|align="center"|31
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100]]
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart<ref>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s Finnish singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11
|-
|[[FIMI|Italian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.fimi.it Italian FIMI singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|26
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s Norwegian singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Russian Airplay Chart]]<ref>[http://www.tophitru.com/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=14213 Russian Airplay Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Switzerland|Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/35829 Swiss Singles Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2008|2008-12-29]]</ref>
|align="center"|16
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml UK Singles Chart: Just Dance big debut]</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100 The Billboard Hot 100]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard Pop 100]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Country
! Certification
|-
| Denmark
| Platinum<ref>[http://hitlisten.nu Denmark sales certification]</ref>
|-
| Australia
| 2xPlatinum<ref>[http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 ARIA single certification]</ref>
|-
| New Zealand
| Platinum<ref>[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp RIANZ single certification]</ref>
|-
| United States
| 2xPlatinum<ref>[http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/25950/week-ending-dec-28-2008-america-goes-on-a-downloading-binge/ America goes on a downloading binge]</ref>
|-
|}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{succession box two to one
| before1 = "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]
| title1 = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[Canadian Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years1 = August 23, 2008 - September 26, 2008
| before2 = "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" by [[Kid Rock]]
| title2 = [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]]
| years2 = September 15, 2008 - September 22, 2008
| after = "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
}}
{{s-bef| before = "[[Live Your Life]]" by [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]}}
{{s-ttl| title = U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2009 (USA)|number-one single]]| years = January 10, 2009 -}}
{{s-aft| rows=2|after = incumbent}}

{{s-bef|before = "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" by [[Beyonce]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2009 (United States)|number-one single]]|years = January 17, 2009 - }}

{{end box}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Lady GaGa songs]]
[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Debut singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Canada]]

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{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Just Dance
| Cover = Lady GaGa - Just Dance (Official UK Single Cover).png
| Artist = [[Lady GaGa]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
| Album = [[The Fame (Lady GaGa album)|The Fame]]
| Released = {{Start date|2008|4|8}} {{Start date|2008|12|29}} ([[UK]])
| Format = [[CD single|CD]], [[Digital download]], [[12-inch single|12" vinyl]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Dance-pop]], [[electropop]]
| Length = 4:02
| Label = Streamline, [[Kon Live Distribution|Kon Live]], [[Interscope Records]]
| Writer = Lady Gaga
| Producer = [[RedOne]], [[Akon]]
| Audio sample? =
| Certification = 2xPlatinum ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) Platinum ([[RIANZ]])
| Chronology = [[Lady GaGa]] singles
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Poker Face (Lady GaGa song)|Poker Face]]" (2008)
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Colby O'Donis]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[What You Got (Colby O'Donis song)|What You Got]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''Just Dance'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Don't Turn Back]]" (2008)
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Name = The Voice Within
| Audio file = Lady_GaGa-Just_Dance.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Just Dance'''" is a [[dance-pop]] song and lead single from [[Lady GaGa]]'s debut studio album, ''[[The Fame (Lady GaGa album)|The Fame]]''. The song is written by Lady GaGa and features [[Colby O'Donis]], who is signed to the same label as GaGa, and [[Akon]], who provides backing vocals through Colby's verse and shortly afterwards. The track is produced by [[RedOne]] (most known for working with Akon, and [[Kat DeLuna]]).

The song has charted at number 1 in Australia and Canada, number 2 in the United States, and number 3 in New Zealand and UK with downloads alone. In the U.S. "Just Dance" scored the second biggest-single-week sum of all time behind [[Flo Rida]]'s 467,000 from the same week last year, the song sold 419,000 downloads in just one week.<ref name="billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/beyonce-starts-2009-atop-the-hot-100-1003926344.story Beyonce Starts 2009 Atop The Hot 100]</ref>

==Single release and promotion==
Released as the [[lead single]] from the album, "Just Dance" was first released to radio stations in the U.S. on April 8, 2008. It was released commercially worldwide on June 17, 2008 through digital distribution. It was released in the United Kingdom on January 5th, 2009.

On August 16, 2008, the song debuted at number seventy-six on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It also garnered second biggest-single week sum of all time with download sales of 419,000, the biggest single-week tally by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in 2003.<ref name="billboard" />

During an interview with ''HX'' magazine, Lady Gaga talked about the song quoting: "If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication."

==Reception==

Nick Levine, music editor of [[Digital Spy]] described the track as "mix [[Gwen Stefani]]'s guetto ghetto fabulousness with a rather more limited version of [[Christina Aguilera]]'s voice, sprinkle in a bit of [[Madonna]]'s blonde ambition and then let it marinate in a generous helping of [[Andy Warhol]]."<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a139516/lady-gaga-ft-colby-odonis-just-dance.html]</ref> "It's a booming fusion of electropop and R&B that practically jumps out of the speakers and strong-arms you into shimmying round the office/your bedroom/Boots' deodorant aisle," the website said, the lyrics are all about "dancing through the intoxication", which is strangely perfect really.

Bill Lamb of [[About.com]] thought that "Just Dance" is a "a flamboyant, edgy performer, this song is rather tame, but it does provide a path to get Lady GaGa noticed by the mainstream. It's catchy and may just get you up off the couch, but my guess is there is much more interesting music yet to come from Lady GaGa".<ref>[http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/justdance.htm]</ref>

==Remix==
The official remix of the song features rapper [[Kardinal Offishall]]. It contains samples of his voice from his own song "[[Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)|Dangerous]]", and also has the same rhythm and tempo as the song. It has also received airplay in a few radio stations due to it being released in Dance Clubs. Other remixes of the song, such as Tony Arzadon Remix, are also the versions some radio stations have decided to play.

==Lyrics==
With HX Magazine, Lady Gaga explained what "Just Dance" was about: 
{{cquote|If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication. I wrote the song the day after I had just flew in from New York to L.A., so I was taken very quickly out of my party lifestyle. I wrote it instantly-like it flew out of my body. I'd been working on this album for two-and-a-half years, and I was at a crossroads with my songwriting. I was trying to be so cool with my own music, but I would get better responses when I would write for other artists because I was not trying to be cool. So when I did "Just Dance", that was my way of being like, "just fuckin' write a good song. Stop worrying about what's going to fly in the underground. Worry about writing a great record." Actually, that record ended up being more powerful than any of the songs that I racked my brain writing, and after that, it was an influx of record after record. It was almost like a switch went off in my brain, and I figured out how to write a good pop song.}}

==Music video==
[[Image:Lady gaga-justdance-musicvideo.PNG|left|190 px|thumb|Lady GaGa dancing in the music video for "Just Dance"]]

The video, directed by [[Melina Matsoukas]], starts Lady GaGa arrives with her dancers, Dina and Pepper, at a [[house party]], which seems to have ended, and one of the dancers puts a stereo on, starting the music. The crowd at the party appear to be sleeping in different areas, and are awoken by the music. They all start to dance, and scenes of the party are inter cut with scenes of scantily dressed Lady GaGa dancing in a [[poncho]], with a disco ball or in a small rubber pool. She wears a blue lightning shaped sticker beneath her right eye like that on the single cover. The video shows Colby O'Donis being flanked by several girls during the "When I come through on the dance floor" interlude. Cameo appearances are made by [[Akon]] and fellow label hip-hop band [[Flipsyde]].

==Track listings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''US Maxi CD Single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''US Promo Club CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (A Capella)

'''US Promo Remix CD'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (A Capella)
# "Just Dance" ([[HCCR]]'s [[Bambossa]] Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Edit)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)

'''AUS CD Single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

{{col-2}}

'''DE Maxi CD Single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
# "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
# "Just Dance" (Video)

'''DE Trend CD Single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

'''FR Maxi CD Single'''
# "Just Dance"
# "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
# "Just Dance" ([[Glam As You]] Club Mix)

'''US Remixes Part 2 EP'''
# "Just Dance" (RedOne Remix) Lady GaGa & [[Kardinal Offishal]]
# "Just Dance" (Space Cowboy Remix) Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis
# "Just Dance" (Robots To Mars Mix) Lady GaGa
# "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Remix) Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis

'''UK CD Single'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" (RedOne Remix) Lady GaGa & Kardinal Offishal

'''UK 7" Numbered Picture Vinyl Disc'''
# "Just Dance" (Main Version)
# "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)

{{col-end}}

==Official versions and remixes==
* "Just Dance"
* "Just Dance" A Capella
* "Just Dance" Instrumental
* "Just Dance" (Glam As You Club Mix)
* "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
* "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" ([[RedOne]] Remix featuring Kardinal Offishall)
* "Just Dance" ([[Manny Lehman]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Richard Vission]] Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" ([[Robots to Mars]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Space Cowboy]] Remix)
* "Just Dance" (Tony Arzadon Remix)
* "Just Dance" ([[Tony Arzadon]] Extended Club Mix)
* "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Radio Edit)
* "Just Dance" ([[Trevor Simpson]] Remix)

==Chart performance==

The track entered the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart at seventy-six on August 16, 2008. The single was a hit in clubs in the U.S. peaking both at #2 on the [[Hot Dance Airplay]], and [[Hot Dance Club Play]] during the summer of 2008. It charted the Hot 100 that summer and eventually broke into the [[Top 40]]. The song stands at #2 currently on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, after selling huge downloads of 419,000, becoming her first [[United States|U.S]] top-five hit. On the issue dated January 10, 2009, the song rose to #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]] due to more radio airplay and [[digital download]]s in the country.

In Canada, the song debuted at number ninety-seven on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] and topped the Canadian Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, and become Lady Gaga first number one hit in that country.

The track debuted at number thirty-four on the [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] on July 21, 2008, and moved up to seventeen on the July 30 and was the chart's "greatest gainer". On September 15, 2008, the track topped the chart for one week before being knocked off the top spot for Pink's hit [[So What]]. It has since been certifed Double Platinum with sales of over 140,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2008.htm ARIA year end charts]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 Double Platinum certifications]</ref>

The single also charted in New Zealand debuting at number nineteen in the same week it appeared in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It reached number three on the New Zealand's [[RIANZ]] Singles chart. It has been certified platinum by the RIANZ.<ref>According To [http://www.charts.org.nz.asp] Just Dance is the 40th most successful song of all time.[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp]</ref>

"Just Dance" received massive airplay in [[Romania]] and has reached number three on the Romanian Top 100 Airplay Songs.<ref>[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GXF14aGxR9Q/SP9bOe_QhTI/AAAAAAAAABo/OgHa2-otOUg/s1600-h/rt.jpg Romanian Top 100]</ref>. Moreover, in Europe, the track has achieved a moderate success. It has peaked the top ten in Bulgaria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. "Just Dance" peaked in the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Finland, France and Germany.<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/35829 "Just Dance" peak positions all around the world]</ref> In addition, the song also charted in Sweden, climbing to number six<ref>[http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/28 Sweden Singles Top 60 week 28/2008]</ref> two weeks after it debuted at number fourteen.<ref>[http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/26 Sweden Singles Top 60 week 26/2008]</ref>

In the [[U.K.]] "Just Dance" debuted at number 3 selling 40,537 copies from download sales alone on January 4, 2009.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml UK Singles Chart]</ref> In Ireland, the song debuted at number 11 in the week ending January 2, 2009. "Just Dance" is currently in the lead to take the number 1 spot on the UK singles chart this weekend.
===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2008)<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/35829]</ref>
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 Australian Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://charts.orf.at/oe3/single/2008/woche36/ Austria singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|[[Ultratop 50|Belgium Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://acharts.us/belgium_singles_top_50 Belgium Ultratop 50]</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|Czech Top 100<ref>[http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=2&sec=ba5b31eebb857d691e29623b3fd2b7a3 Czech Top 100]</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Danish Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.hitlisterne.dk/hl07/tracklisten.asp?list=t40# HITLISTEN.nu]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|[[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Mega Single Top 100]]<ref>[http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s Dutch top 100]</ref>
|align="center"|31
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100]]
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart<ref>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s Finnish singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11
|-
|[[FIMI|Italian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.fimi.it Italian FIMI singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|26
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s Norwegian singles chart]</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Russian Airplay Chart]]<ref>[http://www.tophitru.com/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=14213 Russian Airplay Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Switzerland|Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://acharts.us/song/35829 Swiss Singles Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2008|2008-12-29]]</ref>
|align="center"|16
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard Pop 100]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Airplay]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|}

===Sales and certifications===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Country
! Certification
|-
| Denmark
| Platinum<ref>[http://hitlisten.nu Denmark sales certification]</ref>
|-
| Australia
| 2xPlatinum<ref>[http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50 ARIA single certification]</ref>
|-
| New Zealand
| Platinum<ref>[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp RIANZ single certification]</ref>
|-
| United States
| Gold<ref>[http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/25950/week-ending-dec-28-2008-america-goes-on-a-downloading-binge/ America goes on a downloading binge]</ref>
|-
|}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{succession box two to one
| before1 = "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]
| title1 = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[Canadian Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years1 = August 23, 2008 - September 26, 2008
| before2 = "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" by [[Kid Rock]]
| title2 = [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]]
| years2 = September 15, 2008 - September 22, 2008
| after = "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Live Your Life]]" by [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
| title = U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2009 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = January 10, 2009 -
| after = incumbent
}}
{{end box}}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Lady GaGa songs]]
[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Debut singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Canada]]

{{Lady GaGa}}
{{Colby O'Donis}}

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What I’ve Done

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{{Infobox Single |
| Name = What I've Done
| Cover = WhatI'veDoneCover.jpg
| Artist = [[Linkin Park]]
| from Album = [[Minutes to Midnight (album)|Minutes to Midnight]]
| Released = '''Digital download''' {{flagicon|USA}} April 2, 2007 {{flagicon|UK}} {{flagicon|Australia}} April 3, 2007 '''CD single''' {{flagicon|USA}} April 10, 2007 {{flagicon|Australia}} May 5, 2007 {{flagicon|UK}} May 7, 2007
| Format = [[CD single]]
| Recorded = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Length = 3:25 (album version) 3:28 (iTunes version) 3:29 (radio edit)
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records]]
| Writer = [[Linkin Park]]
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]], Mike Shinoda
| Certification = 2× platinum
| Last single = "[[Dirt off Your Shoulder/Lying from You]]" (2005)
| This single = "'''What I've Done'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Bleed It Out]]" (2007)
}}

"'''What I've Done'''" is a song by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Linkin Park]], and the first [[Single (music)|single]] from their third [[studio album]] ''[[Minutes to Midnight (album)|Minutes to Midnight]]''. The song was released as a radio single on April 1, 2007, as a digital download on April 2, and as a CD single on April 30.

==Song information==
[[Chester Bennington]] described the track in a March 2007 interview with [[MTV]]:
{{Cquote|Joe [Hahn] came up to Mike and me and asked us to take the whole idea of ''Minutes to Midnight'' and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it's us saying goodbye to how we used to be...The lyrics in the first verse are 'In this farewell, there's no blood, there's no alibi,' and right away, you'll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren't tripled. It's just us out there ... and that's how [[Rick Rubin]] wanted it.<ref name="mtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1553982/20070306/linkin_park.jhtml|title=Linkin Park Finish Apocalyptic Album, Revive Projekt Revolution Tour|publisher=MTV|date=2007-03-06}}</ref>}}

The single and video appeared in the [[iTunes Store]] shortly after midnight EST on April 2, 2007. It became available the day after on iTunes in the UK and Australia. On April 2nd, the song was featured streaming on the front page of their official website, with the video being added to the site shortly thereafter.

The song starts out with a [[piano]] [[riff]] reminiscent of the [[Halloween (franchise)|''Halloween'']] theme, before adding a more raw-sounding guitar riff. When the song is played live at Linkin Park's concerts, [[Mike Shinoda]] plays the piano intro and the guitar after that. This song differs from most of Linkin Park's previously released songs (except "[[Breaking the Habit]]") in that it features almost no lead vocals from vocalist [[Mike Shinoda]], save for a brief "na na na" refrain at the end and contributing harmonies throughout. "What I've Done" was the last song written for ''[[Minutes to Midnight (album)|Minutes to Midnight]]''.<ref>[http://lptimes.com/news2007/april/news04042007.html LP Times] reports on "What I've Done".</ref> The song also has a downbeat exactly once every second, consistent throughout its entirety.

==Critical reception==
The song received mixed reviews from music critics. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's [[David Fricke]] noted the "balled-fist guilt" of the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/linkinpark/albums/album/14435695/review/14459315/minutes_to_midnight|title=Linkin Park: Minutes to Midnight : Music Reviews|publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]''|date=May 30, 2007|accessdate=December 23|accessyear=2008}}</ref>

Other reviewers, however, had more negative interpretations of the song. [[Chris Willman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' noticed only the similarity between the song's piano intro and the theme to ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20038383,00.html|title=Minutes to Midnight|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|date=May 9, 2007|accessdate=December 23|accessyear=2008}}</ref>

==Track listings==
'''CD 1'''
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Linkin Park
| title1 = What I've Done
| note1 = radio edit
| length1= 3:29
| title2 = [[Faint (song)|Faint]]
| note2 = live in Japan
| length2 = 2:45
}}

'''CD 2 (Maxi / AU Single)'''
{{Tracklist
| title1 = What I've Done
| length1 = 3:28
| title2 = Faint
| note2 = live in Japan
| length2 = 2:46
| title3 = [[From the Inside]]
| note3 = live in Japan
| length3 = 3:31
}}

'''DVD Version'''
{{Tracklist
| title1 = What I've Done
| note1 = music video
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Faint
| note2 = live in Japan; video
| length2 = 2:45
}}

'''7" Picture disk format'''
{{Tracklist
| title1 = What I've Done
| note1 = radio edit
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Faint
| note2 = live in Japan
| length2 = 2:45
}}
All of the live tracks on this CD (and vinyl) were recorded at the Chiba Marine stadium in Tokyo, Japan on August 13, 2006 at the Summer Sonic Festival.

==Music video==
[[Image:What Ive Done - Linkin Park.ogg|noicon|thumb|300px|"What I've Done" music video ([http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/mediaplayer.swf?file=http://download.wbr.com/bandbuilder/lp/mtm/WhatIveDone_v400h.flv Watch Full Video])]]
The music video for "What I've Done" explores the many ironies of humanity and its ill effects on the earth and the environment. It juxtaposes various pieces of footage: a large, well-fed man eating fast food, a woman measuring her waist and a man who is so malnourished that his ribcage is visible through his skin; African Americans being hosed down and the [[Ku Klux Klan]]; nuclear explosions, the [[September 11, 2001|World Trade Center towers collapsing]], children waving American flags, a Middle Eastern child holding an [[AK-47]], clips of oil tankers torn in half and birds covered in an oil slick. The band's [[Disc Jockey | turntablist]] [[Joe Hahn]] directed the video for the single, which was shot in the California desert.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003554313|title=Clock Strikes 'Midnight' For New Linkin Park Album|publisher=Billboard|date=2007-03-06}}</ref> The video premiered on [[April 2]], [[2007]] on [[MTV]] and [[Fuse TV|Fuse]]. It premiered on MTV-Asia, MTV-Germany, TMF Netherlands and Canada's [[MuchMusic]] on [[April 3]], 2007.

It features footage of the band performing in the desert, interspersed with stock footage reflecting on a variety of social and environmental issues including [[pollution]], [[global warming]], [[racism]], [[Nazism]], the [[Ku Klux Klan]], [[abortion]], [[starvation]], [[terrorism]], [[warfare]], [[deforestation]], [[poverty]], [[drug addiction]], [[obesity]], [[destruction]], rising [[gasoline]] prices and crimes committed by humanity. The video also features short views of important historical figures, such as [[Mother Teresa]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Robert Kennedy]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Benito Mussolini]], [[Mao Zedong]], and [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. Some cut scenes like the traffic scene and the [[napalm]] exploding were also featured on the [[Rise Against]] music video for [[Ready To Fall]].

The video clip was featured and won on MTV's ''Battle of the Videos'' against videos by [[Evanescence]] ("[[Sweet Sacrifice]]") and [[Lil' Mama]] ("[[Lip Gloss (song)|Lip Gloss]]").<ref>[http://www.mtvbattleofthevideos.com/2007/04/16/finally-a-winner/#comments "What I've Done"] wins MTV Battle Of the Videos.</ref> The video also marks the first appearance of a Linkin Park video in the #1 spot on MTV's [[Total Request Live|TRL]], hitting #1 six times so far. The video was among the all-time top 50 most viewed on YouTube with over 36 million views but was removed as a result of [[Warner Music Group]]'s fued with YouTube. AOL currently has a live performance of "What I've Done" on their website.<ref>[http://www.aolmusicnewsblog.com/2007/04/16/linkin-park-sessions-tease/"What I've Done"] live on AOL.</ref>

[[Image:LPDrums.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The two different faces of the [[drum set]] used in the music video. The picture on the right is from the beginning of the video (with incorrect logo).|{{deletable image-caption|1=Wednesday, 7 January 2009}}]]
When the band's logo is shown for the first time in the video (on the front of Rob's [[bass drum]]), it features a complete circle with the stylized letters "LP" within it. However, every time the logo is shown after this, the circle is not complete, being "separated" by two blank spaces above the "L" and below the "P". This is explained in "Making of What I've Done", where the band shows the original drums that were wrongly made, and that they had to use black tape to make the breaks in the circle.

So far, this is the only video in which Joe Hahn's face is not focused at although some parts shown his hands on the turntables.

===Alternate music video===
A second video, made exclusively for Australia, features a completely different scenario from the first; instead of clips of human sin, the video tells the story of a woman working at a government-run pharmaceutical company learning of a plan to develop a deadly new virus for "social control", and - with the help of several people dressed in black hooded sweatshirts with Linkin Park's logo on them - smuggles out several blood samples of a human test subject of the virus to expose the conspiracy. The video can be seen on YouTube and Linkin Park's Australian website.<ref>[http://minutestomidnight.com.au/ Linkin Park]</ref> 

===Notable clips from the video===



The following is a non-exhaustive list of historical and/or [[stock footage]] in the music video:
{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
*A [[scorpion]]
*[[Clockwork]]
*A soaring [[bald eagle]]
*[[Desertification]]
*Aerial targeting footage of a missile strike from the [[Gulf War]]
*A rear shot of riot police
*A 1960s civil rights demonstration in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
*A firefighter carrying a child from a burning building
*A riot in [[South America]]
*A Canadian Forces [[CH-113 Labrador]] [[search and rescue]] helicopter
*The [[Vietnam War]]
*[[Global Warming]]
*[[Urbanization]]
*[[Pollution]]
*[[Poaching]] ([[Ivory]])
*[[Deforestation]]
*a [[Polar Bear]]
*Citizens of the world's [[least developed countries]]
*[[Obesity]]
*An [[anorexia nervosa|anorexic]] woman
*[[Starvation]]
*[[Effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans]]
*[[Stonehenge]]
*[[Hagia Sophia]]
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*[[Great Pyramid of Giza]]
*[[Parthenon]]
*[[Vitruvian Man]]
*[[Mother Teresa]]
*[[Robert F. Kennedy]]
*[[Mahatma Gandhi]]
*[[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]
*[[Mao Zedong]]
*[[Abraham Lincoln|Abraham]] [[Lincoln Memorial]]
*[[Fidel Castro]]
*[[Ku Klux Klan]]
*[[Adolf Hitler]]
*[[Saddam Hussein]]
*[[September 11 attacks|9/11]]
*Cellular [[meiosis]]
*[[Reproduction]]
*[[Birth]]
*[[Genetic engineering]]
*[[Drug abuse]]
*a [[Penguin]]
*[[Oil spill]]s
*The [[Trinity Test]] [[nuclear explosion|mushroom cloud]] and other [[Nuclear testing|Atomic weapons testing]]
*Ethnically diverse children with American Flags ([[Brad Delson]])
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*[[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[child]] (holding an [[AK-47]])
*[[Auschwitz concentration camp]]

*[[Joseph Stalin]]
*[[Nationalism]] (particularly [[Americanism]])
*[[Acropolis of Athens]]
*[[Sultan Ahmed Mosque]]
*[[Robert Mugabe]]
*[[Benito Mussolini]]
*[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
*[[Oklahoma City Bombing]]
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==Chart performance==
The song made big debuts on the US charts during the chart week of April 21, 2007. The song debuted in the top 10 of the US Hot 100 on April 10, 2007, at #7. It is by far the band's highest debut to date on the chart (this title was previously held by "[[Somewhere I Belong]]" which opened at #47), earning "Hot Shot" debut of the week, and subsequently becoming the second highest position for a Linkin Park single to date on the Hot 100. At the time of its debut it was only the eleventh song since [[2000]] to debut at #7 or higher on the Hot 100, and only the third song to do so by an artist not from ''[[American Idol]]''.<ref>[http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp] ''Billboard.com'' Retrieved on 05-27-07 </ref> The song was partly fueled by digital sales, debuting at #4 on the digital chart.

In addition the song became only the third song ever to open at #1 on the Modern Rock chart, also becoming the band's seventh number one on the chart. It held the #1 spot on Modern Rock Tracks for 15 consecutive weeks, at the time tying it with [[Marcy Playground]]'s "[[Sex and Candy]]" as the second longest running #1 in that charts history (it is now tied as the third longest running). It was the most successful song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart of 2007 until [[Foo Fighters]] released "[[The Pretender (song)|The Pretender]]". The song also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it stayed for more than a month. In the iTunes music store, the song had reached number two. It was kept out of the top spot by "[[Give It To Me]]" by [[Timbaland]]. The music video is the first to reach the number 1 spot on TRL for Linkin Park video history. It has also become a moderate hit on the [[Adult Top 40]], and [[Pop 100 Airplay]] charts, so far peaking at number 22 and 24 respectively on those charts.

In the rest of the world, the song has been their most successful overall, reaching the top ten in over twenty countries including [[Canada]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], and [[New Zealand]] to name a few. In the [[United Kingdom]], the song hit #6 once the physical format was released, making it Linkin Park's highest-charting UK single. The song was highly successful in [[China]] as well, where it became their first number one there. Statistically speaking, this is Linkin Park's biggest song to date.

The song was number one on a list of the top 101 songs from 2007 by [[WKQX|Q101]] in Chicago. [[Bleed It Out]], [[Shadow of the Day]], and even [[Given Up]], which didn't become a single until March of 2008, were also on the list.

{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2007)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[Austria]]n Singles Chart<ref name=acharts>[http://acharts.us/song/12478 "Linkin Park - What I've Done global chart positions and trajectories"]. aCharts.us. Retrieved [[June 30]] [[2007]].</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australia Singles Chart]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Hot Digital Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|23
|-
|align="left"|[[Mega Single Top 100|Dutch Top 100 Singles]]
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Download Chart
|align="center"|17
|-
|align="left"|[[Germany|German]] Singles Chart<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Germany|German Download Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|[[Norway|Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|[[Sweden|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Switzerland|Switzerland Singles Chart]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[U.K. Singles Chart]]<ref name=acharts/>
|align="center"|6
|-
|}

==In popular culture==
"What I've Done" is featured during the film ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', playing on [[Bumblebee (Transformers)|Bumblebee]]'s radio as [[Witwicky family#Sam (Samuel James Witwicky)|Sam Witwicky]] is dropping [[Witwicky family#Mikaela Banes|Mikaela Banes]] off at home, as well as leading in to the end credits, and included on the [[Transformers - The Album|official soundtrack]] and used heavily in the film's ad campaign. [[Megan Fox]] revealed that when the band first heard about the movie, they asked to be on the soundtrack.<ref name="Shia LaBeouf & Megan Fox Interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MyRPHXvPAQ|title=Megan Fox Interview}}</ref>

During [[Fox NFL Sunday]] "What I've Done" was one of theme songs for the show.

During the [[2008 Olympics]] in Beijing, the song was distinctly heard in the background during a replay in the [[swimming]] event.

"What I've done" was played before a commercial break during the MLB 2008 World Series.

"What I've Done" is a playable song in the 2008 music/rhythm video game [[Guitar Hero World Tour]], for the [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[PlayStation 2]], and [[Wii]] gaming systems.

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==


* [http://linkinpark.com/lyrics/Singles/what_ive_done-10#1 ''What I've Done'' official lyrics]
* [http://www.linkinpark.com Linkin Park's official site]
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{{succession box
| before = "[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]" by [[Nine Inch Nails]]
| title = [[Modern Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks]] [[List of number-one modern rock hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = [[April 15]], [[2007]] – [[July 28]], [[2007]]
| after = "[[Icky Thump (song)|Icky Thump]]" by [[The White Stripes]]
}}
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| before = "[[Breath (song)|Breath]]" by [[Breaking Benjamin]]
| title = [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks]] [[List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = [[May 12]], [[2007]] – [[June 30]], [[2007]]
| after = "[[I Don't Wanna Stop]]" by [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
}}
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Always Be My Baby

2008-12-25T10:30:15Z

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Always Be My Baby
| Cover = ABMB2.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| Album = [[Daydream (album)|Daydream]]
| Released = {{Start date|1996|3|19}} (See [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]] CD maxi single [[Cassette single]] 
| Recorded = [[The Hit Factory]] and [[Crave Studios]], [[New York City|NYC]]
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:18
| Label = [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Manuel Seal]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal
| Certification = [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum]] ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]])
| Last single = "[[Open Arms (song)#Mariah Carey version|Open Arms]]" (1996)
| This single = "Always Be My Baby" (1996)
| Next single = "[[Forever (Mariah Carey song)|Forever]]" (1996)
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track = "Open Arms"
| prev_no = 4
| this_track = "'''Always Be My Baby'''"
| track_no = 5
| next_track = "I Am Free"
| next_no = 6
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Number 1's (Mariah Carey album)|#1's]]
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]"
| prev_no = 5
| this_track = "'''Always Be My Baby'''"
| track_no = 6
| next_track = "[[One Sweet Day]]"
| next_no = 7
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey album)|Greatest Hits]] (CD #2)
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "One Sweet Day"
| prev_no = 1
| this_track = "'''Always Be My Baby'''"
| track_no = 2
| next_track = "Forever"
| next_no = 3
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Remixes (Mariah Carey album)|The Remixes]] (CD #2)
| Type = remix album
| prev_track = "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]] (Bad Boy Remix)"
| prev_no = 1
| this_track = "'''Always Be My Baby (Mr. Dupri Mix)'''"
| track_no = 2
| next_track = "[[My All]]/Stay Awhile (So So Def Mix)"
| next_no = 3
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Ballads (Mariah Carey album)|The Ballads]] (Japan edition)
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "[[Without You#Mariah Carey version|Without You]]"
| prev_no = 11
| this_track = "'''Always Be My Baby'''"
| track_no = 12
| next_track = "[[Vision of Love]]"
| next_no = 13
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Ballads (Mariah Carey album)|The Ballads]] (U.S. edition)
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "[[Anytime You Need a Friend]]"
| prev_no = 14
| this_track = "'''Always Be My Baby'''"
| track_no = 15
| next_track = "[[Dreamlover (song)|Dreamlover]]"
| next_no = 16
}}
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| Type = single
| Cover = Mariah_carey-always_be_my_baby_s_2.jpg
| Cover size =
| Lower caption = "Alternative Cover"
| Border =
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"'''Always Be My Baby'''" is a [[pop music|pop]]/[[contemporary R&B|R&B]] song written and produced by American singer [[Mariah Carey]], producer/rapper [[Jermaine Dupri]], and songwriter [[Manuel Seal]]. [[1996 in music|Released in 1996]] as the third [[single (music)|single]] from Carey's fourth studio album ''[[Daydream (album)|Daydream]]'' (1995), the song reached number one on the [[United States|U.S.]] ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart, number two in [[Canada]], and peaked within the top twenty of the majority charts on which it appeared. Although the lyrics chronicle a relationship that has ended, the protagonist asserts that her former lover will "always be her baby," and will come back to her once he realizes that he misses her. The song received a 1996 [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]].

== Chart performance ==
"Always Be My Baby" was solicited to radio on [[March 26]] [[1996]] in [[North America]], and it became Carey's eleventh number-one single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]. However, unlike its predecessors "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]" and "[[One Sweet Day]]," the song did not debut at number one but at number two, and ascended to the top position four weeks following its release. It spent two weeks at number one and nine non-consecutive weeks at number two, to date Carey's longest stay at the second position and the fourth longest stay at number two. Whereas "Fantasy" & "One Sweet Day" were sales-record singles, "Always Be My Baby" was a major airplay hit. "Always Be My Baby" also managed to reach number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

"Always Be My Baby" was the most-played single in the U.S. in 1996 and appeared at number-one on the year-end [[Hot 100 Airplay]] chart, but despite this achievement it never reached number one on the Hot 100 Airplay throughout the course of 1996. Due to its airplay, it became Carey's first number-one on the [[Adult Top 40]] format. It also reached the top five on the [[Adult Contemporary (Billboard chart)|Adult Contemporary]] and [[Top 40 Mainstream]] charts. Along with "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]]", it remained one of her most popular numbers on adult contemporary stations into the 2000s.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

Outside the U.S., the song became another success, but it was unable to match the chart success of "Fantasy" in most markets. Although generally performing less well than "One Sweet Day," it reached the top five in [[Canada]] and the [[United Kingdom]], where it fared better than all of Carey's releases from ''Daydream''. In [[Australia]], it reached the top twenty.

== Music video ==
The [[music video]] for "Always Be My Baby" was the second to be directed by Carey. She is the seemingly happy narrator of a tale of young love, as a young boy and a girl elope in the middle of the night. The video was filmed on location at Carey's sponsored charity, [[Camp Mariah]].

== Official versions and remixes ==
The main remix of this song, also known as "Always Be My Baby (Mr. Dupri mix)", features re-sung vocals with most of the melodic structure retained while using a sample of the song "Tell Me If You Still Care" by [[The S.O.S. Band]], including vocals from [[Da Brat]] and [[Xscape (band)|Xscape]]. (Da Brat would later go on to rap on remixes of "[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]" (1997), "[[I Still Believe]]" (1998), "[[Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey song)|Heartbreaker]]" (1999), "[[Loverboy (song)|Loverboy]]" (2001), and "4real4real", an international bonus track for Carey's latest album, ''[[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|E=MC²]]''.) A video was created for the Mr. Dupri mix, which shows Carey, Da Brat, and Xscape hanging out around Carey's former mansion. It is in black and white and has the shot of Carey in a beret that would become the cover for this single.

Dance remixes with re-recorded vocals were created by [[David Morales]] and [[Satoshi Tomiie]] of [[Def Mix Productions]]. There was also a [[reggae]] remix featuring [[Lil' Vicious]].

== Cover version and remake ==
On [[American Idol (season 7)|Season 7]] of ''[[American Idol]]'', [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] performed a [[rock music|rock]] arrangement of the song during the [[April 15]], [[2008]] episode, in which Carey mentored the contestants on her songs. His version received high praise from all three judges, and even Carey herself. Cook's version charted and peaked on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] at number 67. It received a huge airplay in the Philippines.

== Formats and track listings ==
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Always Be My Baby."

*'''U.S. CD single'''
#"Always Be My Baby" (album version)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri mix — featuring Da Brat and Xscape)
#"Slipping Away"

*'''U.S. CD maxi single'''
#"Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri no rap radio mix — featuring Xscape)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri mix — featuring Da Brat and Xscape)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri extended mix — featuring Da Brat and Xscape)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Reggae Soul mix — featuring Lil' Vicious)
#"Always Be My Baby" (album version)

*'''Canadian/European/Australian CD single'''
#"Always Be My Baby" (album version)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri mix — featuring Da Brat and Xscape)


*'''UK CD single 2'''
#"Always Be My Baby" (Def Classic radio version)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Always club mix)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Dub-a-Baby)
#"Always Be My Baby" (Groove a Pella)
#"Always Be My Baby" (St dub)

== Credits and personnel ==
*Lead [[singer|vocals]] — Mariah Carey
*Background vocals — Mariah Carey, Melonie Daniels, [[Kelly Price]], and Shanrae Price
*Music performance — Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal
*[[Engineer]] — Jay Healy
*Assistant engineers — Jay Healy and Phil Tan
*Second engineers — Andy Smith, Kurt Lundvall, Mike Scott, Glen Manchese
*[[Audio mixing|Mixed]] by [[Mick Guzauski]]

== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! Date
|-
| [[United States]]
| [[March 19]], [[1996]]
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[June 3]], [[1996]]
|}

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Charts (1996)<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Mariah+Carey&titel=Always+Be+My+Baby&cat=s]</ref>
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|Australian [[Australian Record Industry Association|ARIA]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|17
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Costa Rica|Costa Rica Chart]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[European Hot 100]]
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|76
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[Israeli Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Japanese Singles Chart
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[Netherlands Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|27
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand Singles Chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart
|align="center"|38
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot 100]] [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3023398&cdi=7060554&cid=05%2F11%2F1996]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=367&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Songs&ci=3023363&cdi=7058674&cid=05%2F11%2F1996]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=381&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Top+40+Mainstream&ci=3023017&cdi=7046046&cid=03%2F30%2F1996]
|align="center"|3
|-
|}

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| title1 = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years1 = [[May 4]] [[1996]]- [[May 11]] [[1996]]
| after = "[[Tha Crossroads]]" by [[Bone Thugs N Harmony]]
| before2 = " [[You're the One (song)|You're the One]]" by [[SWV]]
| title2 = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks ]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]]
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== See also ==
* ''[[Daydream (album)|Daydream]]''
* [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996 (USA)|U.S. Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996]]

== References ==
<references/>
*{{cite web | title= ARC Weekly Top 40| work= Rock on the Net| url= http://www.rockonthenet.com/ | accessmonthday=16 March | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= ARIA.com| work= Australian airplay and sales charts| url=http://www.aria.com.au/ | accessmonthday=16 March | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Billboard.com| work= Billboard Hot 100 chart| url=http://billboard.com| accessmonthday=16 March | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Jam Canoe| work= Canadian airplay and sales charts| url=http://jam.canoe.ca/| accessmonthday=16 March | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Oricon.co.jp| work= Japanese sales chart| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/| accessmonthday=16 March | accessyear=2006}}

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Umbrella (Lied)

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{{Infobox Single
|Name = Umbrella
|Cover = Rihanna-jay-z-umbrella.jpg
|Artist = [[Rihanna]] featuring [[Jay-Z]]
|from Album = [[Good Girl Gone Bad]]
|Released = March 29, 2007
|Format = [[12-inch single|12" maxi single]], [[CD single]], [[digital distribution|digital download]]
|Recorded = 2006
|Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
|Length = 4:35 (album version) 4:14 (radio edit)
|Label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
|Writer = [[The-Dream|Terius Nash]], [[Christopher Stewart (music producer)|Christopher Stewart]], [[Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell|Kuk Harrell]], [[Jay-Z]]
|Producer = [[Christopher Stewart (music producer)|Tricky Stewart]]
|Certification = 2x Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Gold ([[Recording Industry Association of Japan|RIAJ]])<ref>[http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080620_3.html RIAJ - May 2008]{{ja icon}} ''[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]''. (2008-06-20). Retrieved on 2008-12-18.</ref>
|Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
|Artist = [[Rihanna]] singles
|Type = singles
|Last single = "[[Roll It]]" (2006)
|This single = "'''Umbrella'''" (2007)
|Next single = "[[Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna song)|Shut Up and Drive]]" (2007)
}}
{{Extra chronology 2
|Artist = [[Jay-Z]] singles
|Type = singles
|Last single = "[[Hollywood (Jay-Z song)|Hollywood]]" (2007)
|This single = "'''Umbrella'''" (2007)
|Next single = "[[30 Something (song)|30 Something]]" (2007)
}}
}}

"'''Umbrella'''" is a song by [[Barbados|Barbadian]] singer [[Rihanna]], featuring a [[rapping|rap]] verse by American [[hip hop]] artist [[Jay-Z]]. [[The-Dream|Terius Nash]], [[Christopher Stewart (music producer)|Christopher Stewart]], and [[Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell|Kuk Harrell]] wrote the song, and Stewart produced it for Rihanna's third album ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]''. The track was released as the album's lead single during the second quarter of 2007. Since its release, "Umbrella" has been covered by many artists worldwide.

Following a successful chart performance worldwide and a positive reception from critics, the song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007 published by the music magazine ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. In 2008, "Umbrella" earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a [[50th Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration|Best Rap/Sung Collaboration]] in addition to receiving nominations for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]].

==Background and writing==
American songwriter-producer [[Christopher Stewart (music producer)|Christopher "Tricky" Stewart]] and [[The-Dream|Terius "The Dream" Nash]] convened in January 2007 at the [[Atlanta]]-based Triangle Studios to create new material. In the studio, Stewart was "messing around with a walloping [[hi-hat]] sound". With his attention caught by the sound, Nash asked Stewart what he was doing: "Oh, my God, what is that beat?" When Stewart incorporated [[chord (music)|chord]]s onto the hi-hat, "immediately the word popped into [Nash's] head"; he went to the vocal booth and started singing. They quickly wrote the lyrics, completing the first verse in 60 seconds. They continued into writing, adding the [[hook (music)|hook]] while "Tricky would put the next chord". In a matter of hours, they had recorded a [[demo (music)|demo]] of the track.<ref name="RosenPoll">{{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/ReadersPoll2007/articles/10452.aspx|title=Readers' Poll 2007|last=Rosen|first=Jody|date=2007-12-25|work=Blender|accessdate=2007-12-28}}</ref>

The song was written with American pop singer [[Britney Spears]] in mind, with whom Stewart had previously worked with in the 2003 song "[[Me Against the Music]]". Sterwart and Nash thought that Spears, who had "her personal life ... a little out of control" at the time, needed a hit as musical comeback.<ref name="RosenPoll"/> Spears was working on her her fifth album, ''[[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|Blackout]]'', so they sent a copy of the demo to Spears' management. However, Spears did not hear of the song while her label rejected it, claiming they had enough songs for her to record.<ref name="Rodriguez">{{Cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|title=Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Was 'The Perfect Storm' That Almost Didn't Happen: Behind The Grammys|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580820/20080201/rihanna.jhtml|work=MTV|date=2007-02-06|accessdate=2008-02-11}}</ref>

Following the management's rejection of the track, Stewart and Nash dealt it out to other record labels. They first opted [[Island Def Jam Music Group|Island Def Jam]] chairman [[L. A. Reid|Antonio "L.A." Reid]], a friend of Stewart who established his first studio. By early February 2007, the demo was sent to Reid's right-hand woman, [[A&R]] executive Karen Kwak, who passed it along to Reid with a message confirming that they had found a song suited for Rihanna, who was working on her third studio album, ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'', at the time. When Kwak played the song to Reid, he readily thought they had found the album's [[lead single]]. Reid immediately sent the demo to Rihanna, who was also positive of it: "When the demo first started playing, I was like, This is interesting, this is weird. ... But the song kept getting better. I listened to it over and over. I said, 'I need this record. I want to record it tomorrow.'"<ref name="RosenPoll"/>

However, since it was the [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] season of 2007, Stewart and Nash eyed American R&B singer [[Mary J. Blige]] for the demo.<ref name="Rodriguez"/> Upon calling them to set the record aside for Rihanna, Stewart had played it to an associate of Blige, subsequently promising the song to her. Having heard the move of the writers, Kwak began calling Stewart and his manager, Mark Stewart, incessantly. Meanwhile, considering Blige's nominations at the Grammys, Stewart and Nash agreed to wait for her response. However, Blige failed to hear the song in full due to her obligations to the Grammys at the time and "had to sign off on the record before her reps could accept it".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson |title=Mary J. Blige Says She's 'Just Fine' With Her New Album, Losing 'Umbrella' To Rihanna|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1571625/20071010/blige_mary_j.jhtml|work=MTV|date=2007-10-23|accessdate=2008-02-11}}</ref><ref name="Rodriguez"/> Finally, Reid "stepped in, trading on his power-broker status and longstanding relationship with Stewart", and admits, "I made the producers an offer they couldn't refuse."<ref name="RosenPoll"/> By the time Reid had successfully persuaded Stewart's camp, they "just couldn't say no".<ref name="Rodriguez"/> On giving up the record to Reid's camp, Mark Stewart comments, "We knew Rihanna's album would be out in a few months. Mary wasn’t even in an album cycle yet. We made the sensible business decision."<ref name="RosenPoll"/>

Rihanna recorded the song, with vocal production by [[Kuk Harrell|Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell]], in a [[Westlake Recording Studios]] in [[Los Angeles]]. Initially, Stewart admitted he was still reluctant as to whether Rihanna was the right artist to record the song, but following the recording of the "ella, ella" [[catch phrase]], he felt they were onto "something".<ref name="Rodriguez"/> Following Rihanna's recording, Def Jam CEO-rapper [[Jay-Z]] added his [[rapping|rap]]. However, Jay-Z rewrote his verse without the awareness of Stewart and Nash. Stewart could not understand it, but later realized it made "sense" instead of the first version. Stewart noted that "from a songwriter's standpoint, he just really made it more about the song, with the metaphors about umbrellas and about the weather versus what he had before".<ref name="Rodriguez"/>

==Music and lyrics==
"Umbrella" is in the genre [[pop music|pop]], [[contemporary R&B]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]]. The song's musicscape is based on the [[hi-hat]], [[synthesizer]]s, and a [[Distortion#Audio distortion|distorted]] [[bassline]].<ref name="RosenPoll"/> According to ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' magazine, the song's beat can be recreated through a slowed-down drum loop from the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] music-software program [[GarageBand]] (Vintage Funk Kit 03).<ref name="EWBest07">{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20162677_20164082_20166984_2,00.html|title=The 10 Best Songs of 2007|date=2007-12-28|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=2008-07-30}}</ref>

The song's lyrics are written in the traditional [[verse-chorus form]]. It opens with a rap verse, and the hook "ella, ella" follows every chorus. A [[bridge (music)|bridge]] follows the second hook, and the song ends in a [[fade (audio engineering)|fadeout]].

==Single release and promotion==
"Umbrella" was released worldwide on March 29, 2007, debuting on Rihanna's Def Jam website.<ref name="DefJam">{{cite news|url=http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_news.php?artist_id=586&news_id=103239|title=Rihanna Launches New Single, "Umbrella" (featuring JAY-Z) Worldwide!|date=2007-03-29|publisher=Def Jam|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003564969|title=Rihanna Unveils Jay-Z-Assisted 'Umbrella'|last=Concepcion|first=Mariel|date=2006-03-29|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> The song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2007, its physical release following two weeks later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outside-org.co.uk/index.php?/publicity/clients/consultancy/rihanna/umbrella_feat_jay_z_is_the_uks_1_single1|title=‘Umbrella’ (feat. Jay-Z) is the UK’s #1 Single!!!|date=2007|publisher=The Outside Organization|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> An acoustic version of the song with a new arrangement was later released a [[bonus track]] to ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' in the [[iTunes Store]].

Rihanna made formal appearances all over the United Kingdom prior and following the release of the single. She also debuted three new tracks in [[Preston]] at the BBC Radio One [[Radio 1's Big Weekend|One Big Weekend]] event. At another promotional concert, she performed "Umbrella", "[[Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna song)|Shut Up and Drive]]" and "Breakin' Dishes". Rihanna performed "Umbrella" at the [[2007 MTV Movie Awards]]. In Germany, she performed the song exclusively at ''[[Viva (TV station)|Viva Live]]'', and at the 42nd edition of the chart show ''[[The Dome (television program)|The Dome]]''.

==Reception==
"Umbrella" received generally positive reviews from critics. Andy Kellman of [[Allmusic]] commented: "'Umbrella' is [Rihanna's best song] to date, delivering mammoth of spacious drums, a towering backdrop during the chorus, and vocals that are somehow totally convincing without sounding all that impassioned — an ideal spot between trying too hard and boredom, like she might've been on her 20th take, which only adds to the song's charm."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |title=Review: Good Girl Gone Bad |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcftxz85ld0e |work=Allmusic |publisher=Macrovision Company |date= |accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref> For Alex Macpherson of British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'', "Umbrella" is "evidence" that Rihanna's "strict work ethic is paying off", adding that she "delivers [in the song] an impassioned declaration of us-against-the-world devotion".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jun/01/popandrock.shopping3|title=Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad|last=Macpherson|first=Alex|date=2007-06-01|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> Tom Breihan of [[Pitchfork Media]], though he complimented the production, dismissed Rihanna's voice which "takes on an unpleasant icepick edge when she tries to fill the space between the slow-tempo beats", adding that the song is "uncompelling as event-pop, particularly because of the disconnect between Rihanna's cold, clinical delivery and the comforting warmth of the lyrics".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43487-good-girl-gone-bad|title=Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad |last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=2007-06-15|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref>

The song has earned Rihanna several awards and nominations. In 2007, it was nominated at the [[Teen Choice Awards]] for Choice Music: Single.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portableplanet.co.uk/2007/07/05/teen-choice-awards-the-full-list-o-nominees/|title=Teen Choice Awards: The Full List O’ Nominees|date=2007-07-05|publisher=Portable Planet|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> In 2008, "Umbrella" earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a [[50th Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration|Best Rap/Sung Collaboration]] in addition to receiving nominations for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20173658_20177298,00.html|title=Amy Winehouse: Near Clean Sweep at Grammys|last=Parsley|first=Aaron|date=2008-02-10|work=People|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1575921/20071206/west_kanye.jhtml|title=Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Justin Score Big Grammy Nominations|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=2007-12-06|publisher=MTV|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref>

"Umbrella" has also been recognized in various forms of accolades by the music press. The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007, published by the music magazine ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2007|date=2007-12-11|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2007-12-21}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine also listed the song number three on their Top 10 Songs of 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1690624,00.html|title=Top 10 Songs|last=Tyrangiel|first=Josh|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> The song is listed number one on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' magazine's list of the 10 Best Singles of 2007,<ref name="EWBest07"/> while topping the magazine's poll for the best single of 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20167692,00.html|title=Readers' Picks |date=2007-12-21|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine awarded the song Song of the Year in their Readers' Poll 2007.<ref name="RosenPoll"/> The music press has considered "Umbrella" as 2007's Song of the Summer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1834301_1834300_1834283,00.html|title=Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl|last=Tyrangiel|first=Josh|work=Time|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/arts/music/04choi.html?ei=5088&en=ddcad56a68258002&ex=1338609600&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|title=Flirting, but Serious, Kicking Off With a Hit |date=2007-06-04|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> while ''[[The New York Times]]'' writer [[Kelefa Sanneh]] regarded it as "arguably 2007's signature slow jam".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/arts/music/10choi.html?pagewanted=2&sq=Umbrella%20Rihanna&st=nyt&scp=9|title=New CDs|last=Kelefa|first=Sanneh|date=2007-12-10|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
Prior to its physical release, "Umbrella" achieved the biggest debut in the six-year history of the [[iTunes Store]], breaking a record previously held by [[Colombia]]n singer [[Shakira]] and American hip hop artist [[Wyclef Jean]]’s "[[Hips Don't Lie]]".<ref name="Rodriguez"/> As a digital single, "Umbrella" topped the iTunes Store singles chart in more than 17 different countries around the world.<ref name="RosenPoll"/>

"Umbrella" was a commercial and chart success in the United States. On ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's issue dated June 9, 2007, "Umbrella" ascended from number 42 to number one on the topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], based on the single's first-week digital sales of over 277,000 units. The single became one of the highest digital debut in the United States since [[Nielsen SoundScan]] began tracking downloads in 2003.<ref name="CohenRocket">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003592183|title=Rihanna, Shop Boyz Rocket To The Top Of Hot 100|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2007-05-31|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> "Umbrella" is Rihanna's second number-one single after "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]",<ref name="CohenRocket"/> which was also noted for its huge leap on the Hot 100 to the top spot in 2006 based on digital sales alone.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002462812|title=Rihanna's 'SOS' Rockets To No. 1 On Hot 100|last=Hope|first=Clover|date=2006-05-04|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> Significantly sustained by the strong airplay of the single<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003598985|title=Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Reigns Again Atop Hot 100|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2007-06-14|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003607385|title=Rihanna, Shop Boyz Still Not Budging On Hot 100|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2007-07-05|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> and preventing American rap group [[Shop Boyz]]' "[[Party Like a Rockstar]]" to advance on the chart, "Umbrella" spent seven consecutive weeks at the top of the Hot 100,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003610962|title=Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Reigns Again On Hot 100|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2007-07-12|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> until it was replaced by American [[pop rock]] band [[Plain White T's]]' "[[Hey There Delilah]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003614254|title=Plain White T's Finally Unseats Rihanna On Hot 100|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2007-07-19|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> On the 2007 ''Billboard'' year end chart, "Umbrella" was ranked at number two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2007/charts/hot100.html|title=2007: The Year in Music - The Billboard Hot 100|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> The song debuted at number one in Canada, becoming the first song to top the recently launched [[Canadian Hot 100]], a singles chart in Canada issued by ''Billboard'' magazine, similar to that of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003595879|title=Rihanna Tops Hot 100 And New Canadian Tally|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2007-06-07|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>

The single performed, most notably, in the United Kingdom, breaking a record on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The song debuted at number one on the chart based on digital sales alone,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003588065|title=Rihanna, Linkin Park Take Control Of U.K. Charts|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=2007-05-21|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-11}}</ref> becoming Rihanna's first chart-topper in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/mark-ronson/28468|title=Jay-Z protege makes chart history at Radio 1's Big Weekend|date=2007-05-20|work=NME|accessdate=2008-11-13}}</ref> During the single's fourth week on the chart, it earned Rihanna the accolade in the United Kingdom when both the single and album topped the UK Singles Chart and [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003596921|title=Rihanna Owns U.K. Singles, Album Charts|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=2007-06-11|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> Having reached nine straight weeks on the chart, it broke the record of American group [[Gnarls Barkley]]'s "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" as the longest of the decade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003611963|title=Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Nearing U.K. Chart History|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=2007-07-16|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> "Umbrella" eventually reached a total of ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the country's longest-running number-one single of the 21st century since [[Scotland|Scottish]] pop outfit [[Wet Wet Wet]]'s "[[Love Is All Around]]" spent 15 weeks at the top in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003615333|title=Rihanna Makes It 10 Weeks Atop U.K. Singles Chart|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=2007-07-23|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> Rihanna has become the seventh artist in the history of the UK Singles Chart to top the chart for ten straight weeks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6910836.stm|title=Rihanna achieves chart landmark |date=2007-07-23|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> By the end of 2007, "Umbrella" had sold 512,730 units, making it her biggest-selling single to date and the second biggest-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Top 75 singles of 2007|year=2007|journal=Music Week}}</ref> It has since been certified silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on July 20, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32977|title=Certified Awards|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>

As well as topping the charts in the United Kingdom, "Umbrella" had a similar success throughout Europe, reaching number one in Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Norway, Italy, Portugal, [[Romania]], Germany and Spain. In Australia, "Umbrella" entered the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart at number one and spent six consecutive weeks at the top. "Umbrella" has been certified platinum in 2007 by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] for over 70,000 units shipment of the single, and ended as Autralia's third best-performing single in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Singles.htm|title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Singles|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2007.htm|title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2007|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref> The single peaked at number one in the New Zealand charts and was the country's best-performing single in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp|title=Annual Top 50 SINGLES CHART 2007|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref>

==Music video==
[[Image:UmbrellaVideo(G3).PNG|thumb|Rihanna covered with platinum paint in the music video for "Umbrella"]]

While working on the album, ideas began to circulate concerning Rihanna's image, extending into her music videos. She asked American [[music video]] director [[Chris Applebaum]] to send her "something" to work on. Def Jam representatives were expecting Applebaum of the treatment.<ref name="Rodriguez2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568860/20070904/rihanna.jhtml|title=Rihanna's 'Painful' 'Umbrella' Shoot Kept Her On Her Toes: VMA Lens Recap|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|work=MTV|date=2007-09-05|accessdate=2008-02-11}}</ref>

In response, Applebaum hurriedly made a [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video, one of his first ideas being the silver body paint that Rihanna is seen in. Applebaum was doubtful whether Rihanna would embrace the idea, but her "positive response" following a letter the director sent to the artist ensured its approval. Makeup artist Pamela Neal mixed a platinum paint that would give Rihanna such a look. During the session, the paint was re-applied between takes to ensure she was completely covered. The set was closed to Rihanna, Applebaum and a camera assistant.<ref name="Rodriguez2"/> Rihanna also contributed her own ideas towards the video shoot, suggesting to Applebaum that she dance [[en pointe]], an idea which he accepted.<ref name="Rodriguez2"/>

The music video premiered on April 26, 2007 at Thisisrihanna.com. Downloads were made available for those in the U.S. only from the website for a limited time. The video was officially released on the [[iTunes Store]] on May 11, 2007, peaking at number for a period eight weeks. On May 1, 2007, "Umbrella" debuted on MTV’s ''[[Total Request Live]]'' at number 10, before reaching number one on May 9 where it remained for fifteen days, making it the longest running number one of 2007. The video was well-played in MTV during the second half of 2007; it has reached over 8,000 plays, receiving a platinum recognition at the MTV Platinum and Gold Video Awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1034360|title=Rihanna and Timbaland dominate the inaugural list of MTV Platinum and Gold Video Awards, released today.|last=Cardew|first=Ben|date=2008-05-27|work=Music Week|accessdate=2008-11-11}}</ref> Such was the success of the promotional video that it received five nominatons at the [[2007 MTV Video Music Awards]], including "Female Artist of the Year", "Video of the Year" and "Monster Single of the Year", going on to win the latter two.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1569254/20070909/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Kicks Off Show, But VMA Night Belongs To Rihanna And Justin Timberlake|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2007-09-10|publisher=MTV|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref>

==Covers and remixes==
"Umbrella" has been [[cover version|covered]] by many [[YouTube]] amateurs, as well as by a number notable singers as [[Terra Naomi]], [[Amy Winehouse]],<ref name="RosenPoll"/> [[Linkin Park]], [[Manic Street Preachers]], [[Lillasyster]], [[Biffy Clyro]], [[Plain White T's]],<ref name="RosenPoll"/> [[Carrie Underwood]], [[Keith Urban]], [[OneRepublic]], [[Cláudia Leitte]], [[Mandy Moore]],<ref name="RosenPoll"/> [[My Chemical Romance]],<ref name="RosenPoll"/> [[Tegan and Sara]],<ref name="RosenPoll"/> [[Amanda Palmer]], [[Children of Bodom]], [[Syesha Mercado]], [[Natalie Gauci]], and [[Taylor Swift]].

Then-upcoming singer [[Marié Digby]] recorded an acoustic version<ref name="BuzzDigby">{{cite news|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2008/03/11/exclusive-mari-digby-discusses-music-gimmicks-and-her-umbrella/|title=Exclusive:Marié Digby Discusses Music, Gimmicks, and her Umbrella|date=2008-03-11|publisher=MTV|accessdate=2008-11-13}}</ref> of "Umbrella" as her debut single from the ''[[Start Here EP]]''. Digby released it on August 3, 2007 under [[Hollywood Records]]. The track later appeared on Digby's debut album, ''[[Unfold (album)|Unfold]]'', as a closing track.<ref name="BuzzDigby"/> Italian band [[Vanilla Sky (band)|Vanilla Sky]] released a drum cover the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.kerrang.com/2007/09/the_playlist_12092007.html|title=The Playlist 12/09/2007|work=[[Kerrang!]]|accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref> [[Scottish people|Scottish]] rock group [[Biffy Clyro]] also released an acoustic version.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/music/view.aspx?songID=1931|title= "Umbrella (Rihanna Cover)" - Biffy Clyro|publisher=Roadrunner Records|accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref> Filipino singer and actress [[KC Concepcion]] also revived the song, featured in her debut album, ''a.K.a. Cassandra''. A [[Filipino language|Filipino]] version of "Umbrella" called "Payong" was recorded by Filipina singer Miss Ganda.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20080620-143868/Solo-debut-album-boosts-KC-Concepcions-show-biz-stock|title=Solo debut album boosts KC Concepcion’s show biz stock. |last=Asilo|first=Rito|date=2008-06-20|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref>

The [[Welsh people|Welsh]] rock band [[Manic Street Preachers]] released their cover version of "Umbrella", originally recorded for the album ''[[NME Awards 2008 (album)|NME Awards 2008]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/38088|title=Manic Street Preachers cover Nirvana and Rihanna at Oxegen|date=2008-07-13|work=NME|accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref> The album was given away free with a special souvenir box set of the magazine ''[[NME]]'' on February 27, produced in celebration of the [[NME Awards|Shockwaves NME Awards]] 2008 and Big Gig. Two further versions were later made available on iTunes and now comprise a three-track ''Umbrella EP''. A video for the cover is available on the band's official website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/07/video/2008/03/27/umbrella_rehearsalo2_footage|title=Manic Street Preachers|publisher=Manicstreetpreachers.com|accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref> Pop-punk outfit [[All Time Low]] covered the song for the [[Fearless Records]] compilation album ''[[Punk Goes Crunk]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/track/58856559|title=All Time Low|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref> "Umbrella" was also covered on British [[pop rock]] band [[McFly]]'s Greatest Hits So Far Tour in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2007/12/10/mcfly-hate-doing-cover-songs-86908-20227779/|title=McFly Hate Doing Cover Songs|date=2007-12-10|work=Daily Record|accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref>

There has also been notable mixed version of the song. American rapper [[Lil Mama]] recorded a mixed version of "Umbrella", replacing Jay-Z's rap verse. An article by ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine, who dismissed Jay-Z's version, states that "Lil Mama actually seems to understand the song's metaphorical themes of protection and loyalty".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blender.com/news/comments.aspx?article=9324|title=Rihanna's "Umbrella" Gets an Upgrade|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|accessdate=2008-11-29}}</ref> Former American punk band [[Blink-182]] drummer [[Travis Barker]] remixed the song, and add into the track a "quicksilver snare flourishes and adding real-life guitars".<ref name="BlenderRemix">{{cite news|url=http://www.blender.com/news/comments.aspx?article=9492|title=The Ultimate "Umbrella" Remix Guide|work=Blender|accessdate=2008-11-29}}</ref> A Zax extended mix also exists; although the original rap verse was completely removed, the song spans to nearly six minutes.<ref name="BlenderRemix"/>

Singer [[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]] created an [[answer song]] titled "Cinderella" with his lyrics replacing some of the verses and part of the chorus of "Umbrella". This answer song has been performed by both Rihanna and Chris Brown together when the latter joined Rihanna on a late-2008 tour in the Asia-Pacific region.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pep.ph/news/19934/Rihanna-and-Chris-Brown-in-a-smashing-concert-at-The-Fort|title=Rihanna and Chris Brown in a smashing concert at The Fort|publisher=Pep.ph|accessdate=2008-12-02}}</ref>

==Impact==
===Coincidence with weather===
The song's reign at number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland occurred as the regions were hit by [[2007 United Kingdom floods|extreme rainfall and flooding]], which led ''[[The Sun]]'' to suggest the two events were related, with the media referring to it as the "Rihanna Curse". The UK-based publication adjudged the single brought bad luck to their country, and mentioned the date of the single's video shot which was [[Friday the 13th]], adding further coincidence of the curse.<ref name="WostearCurse">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article246463.ece|title=Curse of Rihanna's Umbrella|last=Wostear|first=Sam|date=2007-07-07|work=[[The Sun]]|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> Before the single's release in May 14, weather temperature in the United Kingdom, London, Athens was relatively high, of which the latter's have reportedly reached to 20 [[Celsius|°C]]. However, just a day after the release, "severe weather warnings hit the headlines".<ref name="WostearCurse"/> In an article run by ''The Sun'', it urged readers to join the campaign in knocking the songs off the chart's top spot, suggesting the readers with several songs to download instead.<ref name="WostearCurse"/> Coincidentally, the precise day the song was dethroned in the chart, the weather seemed to improve.

A similar situation occurred in New Zealand, where the song hit number one in the early winter of 2007 as the country was experiencing some of the worst storms in its history.<ref name="NZCurse">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10452521|title=Rain curse of Rihanna's Umbrella|author=NZ Herald Staff|date=2007-07-19|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref> During the weather conditions, [[Taranaki]], [[Tauranga]], and [[Auckland]] had experienced tornadoes and flooding in the [[Far North District|Far North]] of the country. Once the single was replaced on the top spot, weather condition almost in the entire New Zealand pacified, although [[Hawke's Bay]] was still stormed.<ref name="NZCurse"/>

===Pop culture===
With the record-breaking success of the single and the reported coincidence with the weather, Def Jam's marketing team collaborated with British umbrella manufacturer [[Totes]]. The company produced five types of Rihanna umbrellas, of which was a double-colored satin umbrella that Rihanna debuted in public during her performance of the song at the [[2007 MTV Movie Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thebaglady.tv/2007/07/rihannas_umbere.html|title=Rihanna's Umbrella ella ella eh eh eh|last=Laura|date=2007-07-24|publisher=The Bag Lady|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> Although manufactured by a UK-based company, the collection was made available only to US residents by online through the company's website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-471039/Now-chart-topper-Rihanna-sells-umbrellas.html|title=Now chart-topper Rihanna sells her own umbrellas!|date=2007-07-26|work=Daily Mail|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
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===Umbrella===
;Australian, European Cd single
# "Umbrella" (Radio Edit) - 4:37
# "Umbrella" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit) - 3:59

;EU enhanced Maxi-CD single
;GR enhanced CD single
# "Umbrella" (Radio Edit) - 4:37
# "Umbrella" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Remix) - 4:01
# "Umbrella" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) - 7:54
# "Umbrella" (Video)

;American 12" vinyl
''Sides A & B''
# "Umbrella" (Radio Edit) - 4:37
# "Umbrella" (Radio Instrumental) - 4:17

;European 12" vinyl
''Side A''
# "Umbrella" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Remix) - 4:01
''Side B''
# "Umbrella" (Radio Edit) - 4:37
# "Umbrella" (Instrumental) - 4:37

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===Umbrella: Remixes===
;American, Brazilian promo CD single
# "Umbrella" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit) - 3:59
# "Umbrella" (Jody Den Broeder Lush Radio Edit) - 4:42
# "Umbrella" (Jody Den Broeder Destruction Radio Edit) - 4:25
# "Umbrella" (The Lindbergh Palace Radio Edit) - 3:54
# "Umbrella" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club Remix) - 6:35
# "Umbrella" (Jody Den Broeder Lush Club Remix) - 9:11
# "Umbrella" (Jody Den Broeder Destruction Remix) - 7:56
# "Umbrella" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) - 7:54
# "Umbrella" (The Lindbergh Palace Dub Remix) - 6:46

;British promo CD single
# "Umbrella" (Seamus Haji Club Mix) - 6:37
# "Umbrella" (Jody Den Broeder Club Mix) - 9:13
# "Umbrella" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) - 7:54
# "Umbrella" (Jody Den Broeder Electric Club Remix) - 7:57
# "Umbrella" (The Lindbergh Palace Dub Remix) - 6:46
# "Umbrella" (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) - 4:01
# "Umbrella" (The Lindbergh Palace Radio Edit) - 3:54
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==Charts==
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{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2007)<ref name="aCharts">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/16150|title=Rihanna and Jay-Z - Umbrella|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=2008-04-09}}</ref>
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[Australian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Belgian [[Ultratop 50]] Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[FIMI|Italian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Portugal Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Turkish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/|title=Turkish Top 20 Chart|work=Billboard|accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|}
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{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania]]" by [[McFly]]
| title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[2007 in British music|number-one single]]
| years = May 20, 2007 - July 28, 2007
| after = "[[The Way I Are]]" by [[Timbaland]] feauturing [[Keri Hilson]] and [[D.O.E.]]
}}
{{succession box two to one
| before1 = "[[Don't Matter]]" by [[Akon]]
| title1 = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart|number-one single]]
| years1 = May 24, 2007 - July 12, 2007
| after = "[[Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song)|Big Girls Don't Cry]]" by [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]
| before2 = "[[Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song)|Girlfriend]]" by [[Avril Lavigne]]
| title2 = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia of 2007|number-one single]]
| years2 = June 4, 2007 - July 9, 2007
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Because of You (Ne-Yo song)|Because of You]]" by [[Ne-Yo]]
| title = [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = June 4, 2007 - July 9, 2007
| after = "[[Bartender (T-Pain song)|Bartender]]" by [[T-Pain]] featuring [[Akon]]
}}
{{succession box
| before= "[[Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')]]" by [[T-Pain]] featuring [[Yung Joc]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2007 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = June 9, 2007 - July 21, 2007
| after = "[[Hey There Delilah]]" by [[Plain White T's]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]" by [[Nine Inch Nails]] (on the [[Canadian Singles Chart]])
| title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] number-one single (chart’s first number-one single)
| years = June 16, 2007 - July 7, 2007
| after = "[[Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song)|Big Girls Don't Cry]]" by [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Grace Kelly (song)|Grace Kelly]]" by [[Mika (singer)|Mika]]
| title = [[VG-lista|Norwegian VG-lista]] number-one single
| years = June 6, 2007 - July 4, 2007
| after = "[[Kurt Nilsen|Push Push]]" by [[Kurt Nilsen]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Kurt Nilsen|Push Push]]" by [[Kurt Nilsen]]
| title = [[VG-lista|Norwegian VG-lista]] number-one single (second run)
| years = July 11, 2007 - August 8, 2007
| after = "[[Fuck Deg]]" by [[Sichelle]] ([[The Way I Are|Skip]])
}}
{{end box}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Rihanna}}
{{Jay-Z}}

[[Category:2007 singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]
[[Category:Jay-Z songs]]
[[Category:Debut singles]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Chris Applebaum]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Austria]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Canada]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Latvia]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Portugal]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Romania]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Turkey]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Rihanna songs]]

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One Sweet Day

2008-11-19T13:31:06Z

Tsukamoto: clean up

{{Infobox Single
| Name = One Sweet Day
| Cover = Mariahcareysingle osd.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]] and [[Boyz II Men]]
| from Album = [[Daydream (album)|Daydream]]
| Released = [[November 14]], [[1995]] ([[United States|U.S.]]) [[November 19]], 1995 ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) [[November 30]], 1995 ([[Japan]])<ref name="jpn-release-date">{{cite web | title=One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey| work=Goo Music |publisher=[[Goo (search engine)|Goo]] | author= |url=http://music.goo.ne.jp/cd/CDDORID237834-1/index.html |date= | accessdate=[[November 19]], [[2008]]|language=Japanese}}</ref>
| Format = [[CD single]], CD maxi single, [[cassette single]], cassette maxi single, [[single (music)|7" single]], [[12-inch single|12" single]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:41
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[Walter Afanasieff]], [[Wanya Morris]], [[Nathan Morris]], [[Shawn Stockman]], [[Michael McCary]]
| Producer = Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey
| Certification = 2x [[platinum single|platinum]] ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]])
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]" (1995)
| This single = "'''One Sweet Day'''" (1995)
| Next single = "[[Open Arms (Journey song)#Mariah Carey version|Open Arms]]" (1996)
}}

{{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Boyz II Men]]
| Type = singles
| Last single = "Vibin'" (1995)
| This single = "'''One Sweet Day'''" (1995)
| Next single = "[[Brokenhearted]]" (1995)
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track = "[[Underneath the Stars]]"
| prev_no = 2
| this_track = "'''One Sweet Day'''"
| track_no = 3
| next_track = "Open Arms"
| next_no = 4
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Number 1's (Mariah Carey album)|#1's]]
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "[[Always Be My Baby]]"
| prev_no = 6
| this_track = "'''One Sweet Day'''"
| track_no = 7
| next_track = "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]"
| next_no = 8
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey album)|Greatest Hits]] (CD #2)
| Type = compilation
| prev_track =
| prev_no =
| this_track = "'''One Sweet Day'''"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "Always Be My Baby"
| next_no = 2
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Ballad Collection]]
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = Girl in the Life Magazine
| prev_no = 7
| this_track = "'''One Sweet Day'''"
| track_no = 8
| next_track = "[[4 Seasons of Loneliness]]"
| next_no = 9
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection]]
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "[[Water Runs Dry]]"
| prev_no = 8
| this_track = "'''One Sweet Day'''"
| track_no = 9
| next_track = "Doin' Just Fine"
| next_no = 10
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Ballads (Mariah Carey album)|The Ballads]] (U.S. edition)
| Type = compilation
| prev_track = "[[The Roof (song)|The Roof]]"
| prev_no = 9
| this_track = "'''One Sweet Day'''"
| track_no = 10
| next_track = "[[Anytime You Need a Friend]]"
| next_no = 11
}}
}}

"'''One Sweet Day'''" is a song recorded by American singer [[Mariah Carey]] and quartet [[Boyz II Men]] and co-written by Carey, [[Walter Afanasieff]] and Boyz II Men members [[Wanya Morris]], [[Shawn Stockman]], [[Nathan Morris]], and [[Michael McCary]]. It was co-produced by Carey and Afanasieff for Carey's sixth album ''[[Daydream (album)|Daydream]]'', and was released as the album's second [[single (music)|single]] in [[1995]] (see [[1995 in music]]).

It holds the record for the longest run at number one on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] (16 weeks total), and is one of the biggest American hits of both Carey's and Boyz II Men's careers.

The song ranked at #29 on ''Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time.''<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-30.shtml]</ref>

== About the record ==
"One Sweet Day" was inspired by the death of producer and [[C+C Music Factory]] member [[C+C Music Factory|David Cole]], as well as Mariah's “Guitar Legend,” [[Def Leppard]] guitarist Steve Clark, in 1991. While brainstorming with Boyz II Men on a possible collaboration, Mariah discovered that the group had written a tribute to their manager who was murdered while they were on tour. Her song plus theirs became “One Sweet Day.” David Cole worked with Mariah Carey on her two previous albums, including her 'MTV Unplugged' album. During this period, she had arranged to record a song with Boyz II Men. This is also one of the songs that Carey uses to showcase the power of her voice on her Daydream album.<ref>[http://www.mcarchives.com/discography/spec.asp?id=onesweetday]</ref>

In terms of ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine charts, 'The song is the most successful single for both Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men'. The protagonists lament the deaths of friends, but say that they will be together again "one sweet day".

== Reception ==
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=== Commercial reception ===
The single became Carey's tenth number-one single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] and Boyz II Men's fourth, remaining at the peak for a record-breaking, consecutive sixteen weeks from [[November 26]] [[1995]] to [[March 16]] [[1996]]. Boyz II Men had previously held this record twice, with "[[End of the Road]]" (1992) spending thirteen weeks at the top and "[[I'll Make Love to You]]" (1994) spending fourteen. (The former song shares this record with [[Brandy (entertainer)|Brandy]] and [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]'s "[[The Boy Is Mine]]", and the latter song shared its record with [[Whitney Houston]]'s cover of [[Dolly Parton]]'s "[[I Will Always Love You]]".) Mariah Carey's "[[We Belong Together]]" managed to stay at #1 for 14 weeks as well. "One Sweet Day" replaced "[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]" by [[Whitney Houston]] at number one, and was replaced by [[Celine Dion]]'s "[[Because You Loved Me]]".

The single also debuted at number one, making Carey the first artist to have more than one number-one debut, and also the only artist ever to have two consecutive singles debut at number one. The single spent twenty-six weeks in the top forty, was certified two times [[platinum single|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], and ranked number two on the Hot 100 1996 year-end charts.
Despite its success in the United States, it was not as big a hit elsewhere as previous Carey singles such as "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]" (1995), the first release from ''Daydream''. It failed to top any chart outside the U.S aside of [[New Zealand]]'s, but was a top ten hit in the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]]. It had some success across [[Continental Europe]], but failed to match the success of "Fantasy". However it did reach number 1 on the United World Chart staying there for 6 weeks. It ranked #5 at the end of the year chart. It was Boyz II Men's biggest success outside the U.S. since "End of the Road", and was later included on their [[greatest hits]] release ''[[Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection]]'' (2001).

=== Critical response ===
The song became [[MTV Asia Hitlist]]'s longest number single, topping the charts for a record-breaking 11 weeks. Carey broke her own record with 2005's '[[We Belong Together]]."

"One Sweet Day" was nominated for the 1996 [[Grammy Award]]s for "[[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]" and "[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]]", losing both categories. As two of the top nominees at the 1996 Grammy Awards, Carey and Boyz II Men were invited to perform, and sang "One Sweet Day". Carey began the evening happily as she had been nominated for six Grammys that night. "One Sweet Day" was the current #1 record on the Hot 100 at that time, and the following morning it was announced that it had just broken the record set by Whitney Houston, giving Mariah a "consolation prize".

== Remix and other versions ==
There are no major [[remix]]es of the song, but there is a [[Chuck Thompson]]-produced remix, "One Sweet Day" (Chucky's remix), which gives the song a slightly more R&B feel. An [[a cappella]] version of the song, known as the "Sweet a cappella", features slightly different vocal arrangements and a new intro which also serves as a counter melody throughout the song.

== Music video ==
[[Image:OSD.jpg|right|thumb|A scene from the "One Sweet Day" music video]]
The single's [[music video|video]], directed by [[Larry Jordan]], is made up of footage showing Carey and Boyz II Men writing and recording in the song in the studio, as it was difficult for both Boyz II Men and Carey to schedule a time to film a video.

== Audio samples ==
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| title = "One Sweet Day"
| description =
|}}
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== Formats and track listings ==
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; US CD maxi single (44K 78075)
# "One Sweet Day" (Album Version)
# "One Sweet Day" (Sweet A Cappella)
# "One Sweet Day" (A Cappella)
# "One Sweet Day" (Chucky's Remix)
# "One Sweet Day" (Live Version)
# "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]" (Def Drums Mix)
; UK CD maxi single (6626035)
# "One Sweet Day" (album version)
# "Fantasy" (Def Drums mix)
# "[[Joy to the World]]" (Celebration mix)
# "Joy to the World" (club mix)
; European CD single
# "One Sweet Day" (Album Version)
# "One Sweet Day" (Live Version)
{{col-2}}
; European CD maxi single
# "One Sweet Day" (Album Version)
# "One Sweet Day" (Sweet A Cappella)
# "One Sweet Day" (A Cappella)
# "One Sweet Day" (Chucky's Remix)
# "One Sweet Day" (Live Version)
; Japanese CD single (SRDS-8304)<ref name="jpn-release-date" />
# "One Sweet Day" (Album Version)
# "One Sweet Day" (Live Version)
# "[[Open Arms (Journey song)#Mariah Carey version|Open Arms]]" (Album Version)
{{col-end}}

== Charts ==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Chart (1995)
! Peak position
|-
| align="left" | U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Rap Singles|Hot R&B Singles & Tracks]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
| align="left" | U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Singles Sales]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100 Airplay]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | Israeli Singles Chart
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | Australian [[Australian Record Industry Association|ARIA]] Singles Chart
| align="center" | 2
|-
| align="left" | [[Canadian Singles Chart]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | French Singles Chart
| align="center" | 5
|-
| align="left" | Norwegian Singles Chart
| align="center" | 6
|-
| align="left" | [[UK Singles Chart]]
| align="center" | 6
|-
| align="left" | Swiss Singles Chart
| align="center" | 12
|-
| align="left" | Italian Singles Chart
| align="center" | 23
|-
| align="left" | German Singles Chart
| align="center" | 25
|-
| align="left" | GLOBAL TRACK Chart
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | Finnish Singles Chart
| align="center" | 16
|}

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{{succession box
| before = "[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]" by [[Whitney Houston]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = [[December 2]] [[1995]]- [[March 16]] [[1996]]
| after = "[[Because You Loved Me]]" by [[Celine Dion]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Gangsta's Paradise (song)|Gangsta's Paradise]] by [[Coolio]] featuring [[L.V.]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] [[List of Number 1 singles in 1996 (NZ)|number one single]]
| years = [[22 December]] [[1995]] - [[19 January]] [[1996]]
| after = "[[How Bizarre]]" by [[OMC]]
}}
{{end box}}

== Television References ==
This song is referenced in an episode of the [[MTV]] show [[Daria]], The Misery Chick (#113). Principal [[Angela Li]] says, "can someone get him out of here so we can sing "One Sweet Day."

This song was performed by the Top 7 contestants of [[American Idol (season 7)]]. It was the group performance on the elimination night.

== See also ==
* [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1995 (USA)]]
* [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996 (USA)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mariah Carey singles}}

[[Category:1995 singles]]
[[Category:ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks number-one singles]]
[[Category:Boyz II Men songs]]
[[Category:Mariah Carey songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]
[[Category:Slow jams]]

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It’s Like That

2008-10-28T12:14:23Z

Tsukamoto: interlang

{{Infobox Single
| Name = It's like That
| Cover = Mariahcareysingle ilt.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]] featuring [[Jermaine Dupri]] & [[Fatman Scoop]]
| Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = [[January 25]] [[2005]] ([[United States|US]]) [[March 28]] [[2005]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]])
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]], [[12-inch single|12" single]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Dance-pop]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
| Length = 3:23
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Manuel Seal]], [[Johnta Austin]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal
| Certification = [[Gold single|Gold]] ([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])
| Misc = {{Extra chronology
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[U Make Me Wanna]]" (2004)
| This single = "'''It's like That'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[We Belong Together]]" (2005)
}}
{{Extra chronology
| Artist = [[Jermaine Dupri]]
| Type = singles
| Last single = "Wat Da Hook Gon Be" (2005)
| This single = "'''It's like That'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[I Think They Like Me]]" (2005)
}}
{{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track =
| prev_no =
| this_track = "'''It's like That'''"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "We Belong Together"
| next_no = 2
}}
}}

"'''It's like That'''" is a song written by [[Mariah Carey]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Manuel Seal]], and [[Johnta Austin]], and produced by Carey, Dupri, and Seal for Carey's tenth studio album, ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'' (2005). It borrows the hook "it's like that y'all" from the [[Run-D.M.C.]] tracks "Hollis Crew" (1984) and "Here We Go (Live)" (1983), showing the strong influence of [[old school hip hop]] on Carey's 2005 sound. The song also shared its name with [[It's like That (Run-D.M.C. song)|another Run DMC song]]. It was the first [[single (music)|single]] to be released from the album, in 2005 (see [[2005 in music]]). It was a top twenty hit in several countries, including the [[United States]], and was nominated for a 2006 [[Grammy Award]] for "[[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]". "[[It's Like That]]" and "[[I Know What You Want]]" are considered to be Carey's return to prominence after major failures of her previous works.

==Background==
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"It's like That" was among the last songs recorded for ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]''. After recording nearly twenty tracks for the album, Carey was satisfied with her output, but DefJam President [[Antonio Reid|L.A. Reid]] thought something was missing. He asked her to write more songs with Dupri, and the results were two of the most popular songs on the album, "It's like That" and "[[We Belong Together]]". Although the song has rapped/spoken parts from Dupri and [[Fatman Scoop]], they are not credited for technical reasons. The protagonist of this club-inspired track declares that she "came to have a party" and briefly (jokingly) dabbles in [[alcohol]] and [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] usage. She then notes that "it's her night" and relaxes, before chanting "It's like that, y'all".

==Chart performance==
"It's like That" was one of Carey's biggest commercial successes in years, reaching number sixteen on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The song's relatively high peak position on the Hot 100 contrasted with the chart performance of Carey's previous singles as a lead artist released between 2001 and 2004, most of which had failed to chart on the Hot 100 or even its "[[Hot 100 Bubbling Under Singles|bubbling under]]" chart. It stayed in the top forty for fifteen weeks and was ranked sixty-ninth on the Hot 100 2005 year-end chart. It was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], becoming Carey's first platinum digital single. In May 2006, over a year after its official release, the song charted in the top forty on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Adult R&B Airplay.

The single was slightly more successful outside the U.S. It reached the top twenty in [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Norway]], the top ten in [[Australia]] and the top five in [[United Kingdom]], where it peaked at number four. "It's like That" became Carey's seventh number-one hit on the [[J-Wave]] Tokio Hot 100 airplay chart, but it reached only number 130 on the official Japanese [[Oricon]] single sales chart.
In Spain it reached number one on Cadena 100 Hot list.

==Remixes and music video==
An official remix produced by [[Scott Storch]] has a more [[Middle Eastern music|Middle Eastern]] flavor and a rap by [[Fat Joe]]. Dance remixes, with re-recorded vocals by Carey, were produced by [[David Morales]]. [[Peter Rauhofer]] and [[Pound Boys]] (a.k.a. Mayhem & Craig C.) also remixed "It's like That", but their remixes were not released. Because many singles by 2005 did not have commercial CD single releases, the remixes were only released on twelve-inch vinyl maxi single. Two maxi singles were released.

[[Image:Its like that yall.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A scene from the music video.]]
The single's [[music video|video]] was directed by [[Brett Ratner]], who directed some of Carey's other videos. Initially, Carey had wanted [[Paul Hunter (director)|Paul Hunter]] to direct the video. Carey, a close friend of Ratner, was reluctant at first because Ratner had stopped directing videos for the most part, but after hearing a proposed treatment, she approved. The main setting of the video, which was shot on location at Greystone Park Mansion in [[Beverly Hills]], [[California]], is a party at a mansion turned nightclub on the night before Carey's character's wedding to [[Eric Roberts]]. Several guests are seen wearing masks, and there are celebrity cameo appearances by [[Brian McKnight]], [[Randy Jackson]], and the two featured rappers on the track, Dupri and Fatman Scoop. Carey is singing along to Fatman Scoops's outro rap when she sees a party guest (played by [[Wentworth Miller]]) taking off his mask and revealing himself to be an ex-lover of hers. The video ends on a cliffhanger, which leads to the video for the album's second single, "We Belong Together" (the two videos were filmed simultaneously).

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==Track listings==
;UK CD single/European CD single
#"It's like That" (album version)
#"It's like That" (David Morales radio mix)

;UK CD maxi single/European CD maxi single
#"It's like That" (album version)
#"It's like That" (no rap)
#"It's like That" (David Morales club mix)
#"It's like That" (David Morales classic mix)
#"It's like That" (Stereo Experience)

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2005)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|Australian [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] Singles Chart<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|33
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|29
|-
|align="left"|France Top 100 Singles<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="left"|Greek Top 50 Singles Charts
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|Hungary
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Ireland Top 20 Singles<ref name="aCharts">[http://acharts.us/song/683 Mariah Carey - It's Like That]</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|Italy Singles Chart<ref name="itcharts">[http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=82247&cat=s italiancharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|Netherlands<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|26
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|21
|-
|align="left"|Norway Singles Top 20<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="left"|Sweden Top 60 Singles<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|47
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland Top 100 Singles<ref name="itcharts" />
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="aCharts" />
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]<ref name="aCharts" />
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]]
|align="center"|17
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|20
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|}

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==References==
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[[Category:2005 singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]
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Live Your Life

2008-10-16T13:31:51Z

Tsukamoto: Japan has not official download chart

{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Live Your Life
| Cover = liveyourlife.png
| Artist = [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
| Album = [[Paper Trail]]
| Released = September 10, 2008 (US)
| Format = [[digital download]]
| Genre = [[Southern Hip Hop]], [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| Length = 4:05 (Radio edit) 5:38 (Album version)
| track_no =
| Label = [[Def Jam]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Grand Hustle Records|Grand Hustle]]
| Producer = [[Just Blaze]]
| Chronology = [[T.I.]] singles
| Last single = "[[Swagga Like Us]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''Live Your Life'''" (2008)
| Next single =
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Rihanna]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''Live Your Life'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Rehab (Rihanna song)|Rehab]]" (2008)
}}
}}

"'''Live Your Life'''" is a song by American [[rapper]] [[T.I.]] of his sixth album ''[[Paper Trail]]''. The song features American R&B-pop singer [[Rihanna]] and was produced by [[Just Blaze]] and Canei Finch. It was released as the second single from the album. It was officially premiered at the 2008 [[MTV Video Music Awards]] during T.I.'s performance. This is T.I's third [[Billboard Hot 100]] one single in the United States (after "[[My Love (Justin Timberlake song)|My Love]]" with Justin Timberlake and his previous single "[[Whatever You Like]]") and Rihanna's fifth on the same chart. This is also one of few songs to reach #1 on the Hot 100, without a music video.{{fact|date=October 2008}}

==Release==
The first version of the song leaked onto the Internet on August 26, earlier than the award performance, although that version was not the mastered version. The offical mastered radio version, which has Rihanna's own verse, and T.I.'s dedication to soldiers on the Iraqi battlefield (on the first part, he told "Ay... This a special what's haapnin' to all my, all my soldiers over there in Iraq. Errbody right here, what you need to do is be thankful for the life you got you know what I'm sayin'? Stop lookin' at what you ain't got, start and and be thankful for what you do got. Let's get it to 'em baby girl") has already been released as a promotional digital download for radio stations. The radio edit clocks out at 4:05, the album version is the same as above except Rihanna's verse is longer, the chorus is extended and the sample is used at the end, the album version clocks out at 5:39.

The song contains a rendition of the [[O-Zone]] song "[[Dragostea din tei]]," mostly known in the [[United States]] for the [[Numa Numa]] Internet fad, but a number one single throughout [[Europe]]. However, the opening is slightly altered due to licensing issues.

==Music video==
[[T.I.]] and Marquel are currently finshed shooting a music video. An official-video confirmation was released over the internet. In the video, [[Rihanna]] is seen in a dark dress in the middle of a room, with a director giving [[T.I.]] directions. The official date of the music video's release hasn't been announced yet.

==Chart performance==
"Live Your Life" debuted at #80 on the ''[[Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]] solely on airplay for the chart week of October 10, 2008. The following week, the song made history and broke several records when it rocketed from eighty to number one on the Hot 100, setting the record for the highest jump to number one, a record previously set by T.I. himself only six weeks prior when his song "[[Whatever You Like]]" jumped seventy-one to number one on the chart. <ref name="chart beat">{{cite web|title=T.I., T.I., OH!|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref> "Live Your Life" also replaced "Whatever You Like" at number one on the Hot 100, making T.I. the ninth artist to ever replace themselves at number one on the chart, and the first time since [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] did it in 2004. <ref name="chart beat"/> "Whatever You Like" also occupied the number two position on the Hot 100 that week, making it the first time an artist has held the number one and number two positions simultaneously since [[Akon]] in 2006. <ref name="chart beat"/> In addition, the song broke the record for second highest first week digital sales ever, behind of [[Flo Rida]]'s [[Low]], shifting 334,000 digital downloads to debut at number one on the [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart. <ref>{{cite web|title=T.I. Breaks Own Record With Hot 100 Burst|publisher=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872625|accesssdate=2008-10-09}}</ref> "Live Your Life" also gives Rihanna her fifth Hot 100 number one, therefore making her the solo female with the most number ones of the decade, breaking her tie with [[Beyonce]] and [[Mariah Carey]]. <ref name="chart beat"/> It is T.I.'s second Hot 100 number one as a lead artist, and his third overall.

The song originally debuted at #7 on [[Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles]] before entering [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] as the week's "Hot Shot" at number 77 and rising the following week up to number 38, an impressive 39-place jump, so far reaching the top ten at #8. It has also made a "Hot Shot Debut" at #20 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart on the issue of October 11, and jumped to #5 the following week, making it his biggest hit there. The song debuted at #3 on the [[Irish Singles Chart]], giving T.I. his highest charting single there, and Rihanna her tenth top ten there.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2008)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|8<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=367&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Songs&ci=3100170&cdi=9949553&cid=09%2F27%2F2008 T.I. Live Your Life]''Billboard''. Accessed September 21</ref>
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Rap Tracks]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Brazil Hot 100<ref>[http://www.hot100brasil.com/chtsinglesb.html Live Your Life - T.I. on Brasil] Accessed 16, 2008</ref>
|align="center"|73
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Czech ''IFPI'' Radio Top 100<ref>[http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=R Live Your Life - T.I.]''IFPI''. Accessed October 16, 2008</ref>
|align="center"|44
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan Hot 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Japan+Hot+100+Singles&pageNumber=Top+51-100&g=Singles Japan Hot 100 Singles] ''Billboard''. Retrieved on October 16, 2008</ref>
|align="center"|55
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand ''[[RIANZ]]'' Singles Chart
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>[http://hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=s Switzerland Singles Chart] Accessed October 15, 2008</ref>
|align="center"|34
|-
|align="left"|United World Chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|}

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|before = "[[Whatever You Like]]" by T.I.
|title = U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
|years = [[October 18]] [[2008]]
|after = "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]" by [[Britney Spears]]
}}
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==References==
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We Belong Together

2008-09-12T13:30:50Z

Tsukamoto: interlang

{{for|the 1958 song by Robert & Johnny|We Belong Together (Robert & Johnny song)}}
{{Infobox Single
| Name = We Belong Together
| Cover = Webelongtogether.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|Canada}} [[March 22]], [[2005]] {{flagicon|Japan}} [[June 15]], [[2005]]<ref>[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/u-pop/artist/mariah/uicl5019.html Mariah Carey Discography in Japan] ''www.universal-music.co.jp'' Retrieved on August 24, 2008.</ref> {{flagicon|UK}} [[July 4]], [[2005]]
| Recorded = Right Track Studios ([[New York City]], [[New York]]) Southside Studios ([[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 3:23 (Album/Single Version)
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| Writer = [[Mariah Carey]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Manuel Seal]], [[Johnta Austin]], [[Kenneth Edmonds]], [[Darnell Bristol]], Sid Johnson, [[Bobby Womack]], [[Patrick Moten]], [[Sandra Sully (musician)|Sandra Sully]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal
| Certification = Platinum ([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]),([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Gold ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Last single = "[[It's like That (Mariah Carey song)|It's like That]]" (2005)
| This single = "'''We Belong Together'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[Shake It Off]]" (2005)
| Misc =
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| Name = We Belong Together
| Audio file = MariahCareyWeBelongTogether.ogg
}}
}}

"'''We Belong Together'''" is a song recorded by [[Mariah Carey]] for her tenth studio album ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'' (2005) and released as the album's second [[single (music)|single]] [[2005 in music|in 2005]]. Written and produced by Carey, [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Manuel Seal]], and [[Johnta Austin]], the song was inspired by 1980s R&B and [[soul music|soul]]. Its [[arrangement]] is built on simple piano chords and an understated [[back beat]], and its [[lyrics]] chronicle a woman's desperation for her former lover to return after their separation.

Following a career-decline between 2001 and 2003, Carey achieved major worldwide success with "We Belong Together" as the song topped the [[record chart|chart]]s in many countries, including [[Australia]], [[Brazil]], [[Croatia]], [[Philippines]], [[South Africa]], and the [[United States]] [[Billboard Hot 100]] for fourteen non-consecutive weeks.

In the U.S., the song also repeatedly broke many BDS Airplay records and was warmly received by critics. It won Carey a number of industry awards, including two [[Grammy Award]]s in 2006. "We Belong Together" was listed as 9th on The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs in 2008.

==Background and writing==
''Further information:'' [[The Emancipation of Mimi#Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox, Manuel Seal and LRoc|The Emancipation of Mimi]]

"We Belong Together" was not composed until late into the production of ''The Emancipation of Mimi''.<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Following an unsuccessful career period between 2001 and 2003, Carey began production on the album in 2004. By November of that year she had considered the album complete, but some of what became its more popular tracks had yet to be written.<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> [[L.A. Reid|Antonio "L.A." Reid]], the chairman of [[The Island Def Jam Music Group|Island Def Jam Records]], encouraged Carey to attempt additional studio sessions with producer [[Jermaine Dupri]]. "L.A. was like, 'You and Jermaine Dupri make magic together, why aren't you in the studio with him?'" she recalled. "'I said, 'I love Jermaine, is he free? I know he's doing a million things.' [...] But Jermaine said, 'Come on down.'"<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

Carey flew to Dupri's [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] studio and after two days, they composed two tracks for ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' ("[[Shake It Off]]" and "[[Get Your Number]]") and she returned to [[New York City]]; however, at this point "We Belong Together" was still not written. Reid was impressed with the album's new material and decided that Carey should return to Atlanta to compose more tracks.

In another two-day studio stint Carey, Dupri, Seal and Austin produced the album's first single "[[It's like That (Mariah Carey song)|It's like That]]" as well as "We Belong Together". The composers discussed the song's melody at length, and subsequently simplified the arrangement in order to accentuate Carey's vocals.

==Music and structure==
"We Belong Together" is a pop [[ballad (music)|ballad]] that exhibits strong influences from [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and R&B. The song is propelled by a [[drum machine|programmed]] [[Roland TR-808]]-styled [[bass drum|kick]] and [[hi-hat]], which is prominently utilized in hip hop music.

Carey adopts a reserved, rap-flavored singing style, which garnered approval from the critics who admonish her ornate, [[melisma]]tic singing style.<ref>Farber, Jim. [http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/299097p-255879c.html "More like a screaming 'Mimi'"]. ''[[New York Daily News]]''. [[April 12]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[March 10]] [[2006]].</ref> Reviewer Jennifer Vineyard comments that Carey's spare and understated singing approach gives the song more power, which would not have been achieved if Carey had [[vocal belting|belted]].<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Besides hip hop, the song incorporates 1980s retro-soul music by "cleverly"<ref name= nytimes>{{cite web | title=New York Times| work=The Summer Buzz: Cicadas and Mariah Carey| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/04note.html?ei=5090&en=4901ecf683560cdf&ex=1280808000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> referencing [[Bobby Womack]]'s "If You Think You're Lonely Now" (1981) and The Deele's "Two Occasions" (1987, with [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]]).

In the second verse of "We Belong Together," Carey sings: "Bobby Womack's on the radio/ Singing to me, 'If you think you're lonely now'." She then flips across a radio dial: "So I turn the dial, tryinâ€™ to catch a break/ And then I hear Babyface/ 'I only think of you...'."<ref>The line "If you think you're lonely now" is from the song of the same name and "I only think of you" is from the chorus of "Two Occasions". In the remix she also says "I only think of you/ On two occasions/ That's day and night..."</ref> Due to the inclusion of the lyrics from both songs, the songwriters were given co-writing credits on "We Belong Together".

"We Belong Together" comprises a very simple and understated musical arrangement: it is set in [[C major]] and is composed in [[quarter note|4/4]] [[time signature|time]].<ref name=notes>{{cite web | title= Music Notes| work= "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0049570&mnuid=9GR4DC7PQXCRNNYN72KXS7SJ5NXPV1K618LFC2K6| accessmonthday=February 4 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> It follows the common [[verse-chorus form]] and is structured into three sections that portray the protagonist in a range of emotions; from doleful and resigned in the first section, to desperate and agitated in the second. In the last section the song climaxes with an [[octave]] raise, which not only emphasizes the protagonist's heightened desperation, but her determination to be with her lover.<ref name= relaxed>{{cite web | title=Metrotimes | work=Radio fever- Sussing out a summer jam for â€™05 | url=http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8122| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref>

==Remixes and other versions==
Carey has often recorded remixes for some of her more popular songs, some of which have become more successful than their original counterparts. For "We Belong Together," she recorded the [[DJ Clue]] remix, which was produced by DJ Clue and features rappers [[Jadakiss]] and [[Styles P]], and the Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix/Atlantic Soul Vocal Mix. The remixes are fundamentally different from the album version and contain more distinct elements of hip hop music. The Atlantic Soul Vocal Mix, for example, features a synthetic bass line, a piano and [[guitar]] line, and distinctive hi-hats that produce a more up-tempo, hard-hitting beat.<ref>{{cite web | title= Explodingplastic| work= Mariah Carey - We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul Mix - Craig C.)| url=http://www.explodingplastic.com/reviews/craigcwebelongtogether.html| accessmonthday=May 11 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

Both remixes were offered as downloads in May 2005, and achieved success: the Atlantic Soul Mix reached number one on the U.S. [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play|Hot Dance Music and Club Play]] chart, while the DJ Clue version peaked at number five on the [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart.

==Music video==

[[Image:Mariahwbtscene.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A scene from the music video.]]
The song's [[music video]] was directed by [[Brett Ratner]] and filmed in [[Beverly Hills, California]]. It serves as the sequel to the video for "[[It's like That (Mariah Carey song)|It's like That]]", the first single released from ''The Emancipation of Mimi''.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Mariah Carey archives | work=Ratner Films Two Music Videos| url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=4268| accessmonthday=September 14 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Beginning with the "It's like That" video, the protagonist is at her [[Hen party|bachelorette party]], where one of the guests reveals himself as a former lover (played by [[Wentworth Miller]]). The video for "We Belong Together" begins the following morning, when the protagonist remembers her former boyfriend, as she is preparing for her wedding. As she marches down the aisle, the protagonist debates whether she belongs with her former boyfriend or her fiance (played by [[Eric Roberts]]). Once she reaches the altar, she catches sight of her former lover who is watching the wedding from a distance. She runs from the ceremony and into his arms, shocking everyone at the wedding.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Mariah Carey archives | work=Mariah Carey Plans a Double Shot of "Technical" Videos| url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=4768| work=25 Greatest Video Cameos: No. 11| accessmonthday=September 14 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The video is noted for the fact that Carey wore the same [[Vera Wang]] wedding dress that she wore at her wedding to [[Tommy Mottola]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web | title=AOL| url=http://music.aol.com/popeater/2007/07/23/25-greatest-video-cameos-no-11| accessyear=July 2007}}</ref>

The video reached number-one on several video-chart countdowns, including [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]'s ''[[106 & Park]]'', [[MTV]]'s ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'' (where it retired after it remained on the countdown for fifty days), [[MuchMusic]]'s ''[[Countdown (MuchMusic TV series)|Countdown]]'', and [[VH1]]'s ''[[VSpot Top 20 Countdown|Top 20 Video Countdown]]''. VH1 named the song #1 on its "Top 40 Videos Of 2005" in December of that year. By [[July 25]] [[2005]] it was [[LAUNCHcast]]'s most-watched video of the year, with 7.5 million [[streaming media|streamed]] performances.<ref>[[Yahoo! Music]]. [http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=16367&string=Mariah "Mariah Carey will 'Shake It Off', exclusively for Yahoo! Music; North American Online Premiere kicks off 8pm (PDT), July 27th"]. ''Top40-charts.com''. [[July 27]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[February 12]] [[2005]].</ref> The video was nominated for "Best R&B Video" and "Best Female Video" at the 2005 MTV [[MTV Video Music Awards|Video Music Awards]].

==Reception==
"We Belong Together" became a "career re-defining"<ref>{{cite web | title=Virgin Recors| work= Virgin Urban Music President Jremaine Dupri and So So Def/Virgin Artist Johnta Austin Win R&B Song Honor |url=http://www.virginrecords.com/home/news.aspx| accessmonthday=September 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> song for Mariah Carey at a point when many fans and critics had considered her career over. Not only did it become one of the most successful pop singles of all time,<ref>{{cite web | title=About.com| work= Predictions Of Winners Billboard Music Awards 2005|url=http://top40.about.com/od/awards/a/bboardawardpred.htm| accessmonthday=September 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> it also became one of her most critically acclaimed singles.

===Critical response===
Unlike most of Carey's more recent singles, "We Belong Together" received generally positive reviews from critics, most of whom hail the song as a "return to form," following reviews of ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' (2002) that suggested Carey had lost her signature [[vocal range]] and power.<ref>Anderman, Joan. "For Carey, the Glory's Gone but the Glitter Lives On". ''[[Boston Globe]]''. pg. D.4, [[September 10]] [[2003]] [THIRD Edition].</ref><ref>Walters, Barry. "''Charmbracelet''". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. New York: pg. 93, [[December 12]] [[2002]], iss. 911.</ref> A review for ''[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]'' magazine writes, "the...diva [keeps] cool with breathy, rapid-fire verses until the final full strong-voiced climax that... proves that 'The Voice' has indeed returned."<ref>{{cite web | title=Slant Magazine | work=2005: Year in Rewind| url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/2005yearinmusic.asp| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Other critics commended Carey on her novel singing style which, according to [[Kelefa Sanneh]] of ''[[New York Times]]'', gives the song its propulsion.<ref name= nytimes>{{cite web | title=New York Times| work=The Summer Buzz: Cicadas and Mariah Carey| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/04note.html?ei=5090&en=4901ecf683560cdf&ex=1280808000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> Similarly, ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine and Johnny Loftus of ''Metrotimes'' characterized the song as "perfect," "classy," and "sublime."<ref name= relaxed>{{cite web | title=Metrotimes | work=Radio fever- Sussing out a summer jam for â€™05 | url=http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8122| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=''Billboard''.com| work=Billboard Singles Review — "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/grammy/2006/nominees/record_year/mariah_carey.jsp| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> By 2006 "We Belong Together" had received a number of awards, including [[Grammy Award]]s for "[[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]" and "[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song|Best R&B Song]]"; "Song of the Year" at the 2006 [[ASCAP]] Awards; the [[VIBE|Vibe]] Award and Soul Train Award for "Best R&B Song," and the [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] Urban Award for "Song of the Year", [[Blender (magazine)|Blender magazine]] ranked it fifteenth on its 100 Greatest Songs of 2005 list.<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1841 The 100 Greatest Songs of 2005 Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More]</ref>

While proving to be popular with fans and critics alike, "We Belong Together" also received less enthusiastic reviews from Helen Duong of ''UKMusic'', who dismissed the song as "bearable,"<ref>{{cite web | title=UKmusic | work= Reviews: Hip Hop and RnB- Mariah Carey We Belong Together| url=http://www.ukmusic.com/Reviews/Hip-Hop-and-RnB/Mariah-Carey-We-Belong-Together.html| accessmonthday=November 10 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> and a critic from ''Virgin.net'' found the song boring, cliched and uninspired.<ref>{{cite web | title=Virgin.net | work=Mariah Carey — We Belong Together| url=http://www.virgin.net/music/singlereviews/mariahcarey_webelongtogether.html| accessmonthday=November 10 | accessyear=2005}}</ref>


===Commercial reception===
Between 2001 and 2003, Carey's popularity had substantially declined and many had considered her career over.<ref>Gardner, Elysa. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/dcovfri.htm Mariah Carey, 'standing again']. ''[[USA Today]]''. November 28, 2002. Retrieved August 19, 2005.</ref> However, after being released to [[North America]]n radio on [[March 26]] [[2005]], "We Belong Together" became the biggest success of Carey's solo career and for her label.<ref>{{cite web | title=About.com | work= New York Girl Makes Good With The Emancipation of Mimi| url=http://manhattan.about.com/od/artsandculture/a/mariahcarey.htm|accessmonthday=February 17 |accessyear=2005}}</ref> The song spent fourteen non-consecutive weeks at number one on both the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] — after making its debut at number eighty-one — and on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] chart. It had major cross-over success, becoming the first song to simultaneously occupy the number-one position on nine ''Billboard'' charts on the week ending [[August 6]] [[2005]]: the Hot 100, [[Hot 100 Airplay]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]], [[Pop 100 Airplay]], the Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play]], and the [[Hot Ringtones]] charts. One week earlier, it had become the first song to top eight charts concurrently.<ref>{{cite web | title=MariahDaily | work=Mariah Carey| url=http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-7-2005.shtml|accessmonthday=February 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=MC Archives | work=We Belong Together sets another record at Billboard| url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=4882|accessmonthday=February 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> According to [[Mediabase]] and Nielsen BDS, "We Belong Together" broke several airplay records in the United States: it gathered both the largest one-day and one-week audience total in BDS history, reaching 32.8 million and 223 million impressions respectively.<ref>{{cite web | title=USA Today| work= Carey sets a record| url=http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20050713/d_toplline13.art.htm| accessmonthday=February 14 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> On Billboard's Year End Charts of 2005, the song was declared the number-one song, a career first for Carey.

"We Belong Together" achieved success in several major non-U.S. markets. It debuted at the top of the [[Australia]]n chart, where it remained for two weeks, and it reached a peak position of number two for three weeks in [[New Zealand]] and on the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Jam!|BDS]] Airplay chart. Promotion for the song was strongest in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], where it debuted at number two behind [[Tupac Shakur]]'s "[[Ghetto Gospel]]", selling 39,436 copies, only missing the top spot by 392 physical and digital sales. Across [[Continental Europe]] the song was a moderate success. It reached the top five in [[Spain]], [[Ireland]], [[Netherlands]], [[Denmark]] and [[Switzerland]], top ten in [[Norway]], and top twenty in [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Sweden]] and [[Germany]].

==Formats and track listings==
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "We Belong Together".
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*'''UK CD maxi single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)
#"We Belong Together" (Reconstruction club mix)
#"We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal)
#"We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental)

*'''UK 2-track/Canadian single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (Remix feat. Jadakiss and Styles P)
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*'''Australian/European CD single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (DJ Clue remix)

*'''European CD single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (Reconstruction Radio Mix)
#"It's like That" (Remix feat. Fat Joe)
#"We Belong Together" (music video)

*'''Japanese CD maxi single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (instrumental)
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==Credits and personnel==
*Lead and backing [[singer|vocals]] — Mariah Carey
*[[Musical keyboard|Keyboards]] — Loris Holland
*[[Drum]]s — Charles Draiton
*[[Engineer]]s — Brian Garten, John Horesco IV
*Assistant engineer — Tadd Mingo
*[[Audio mixing]] — Phil Tan
*[[Master recording|Mastered]] by Herb Powers

==Charts==
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{| class="prettytable"
!align="center"|Chart (2005)
!align="center"|Peak position
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|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Mainstream Top 40]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Rhythmic Top 40]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Australian [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] [[ARIA Charts|Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian]] [[Jam!|BDS]] Airplay Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Brazil Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Croatia Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|South Africa Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Philippines Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Denmark Singles Chart
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland Singles Chart
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|Euro 200
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|Norway Singles Chart
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|German Singles Chart
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|French Singles Chart
|align="center"|12
|-
|Italian Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=3&idclassifica=1520&archivio=true FIMI archive]</ref>
|align="center"|25
|-
|align="left"|United World Chart
|align="center"|1
|}

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| title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[June 4]] [[2005]] - [[June 25]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Inside Your Heaven]]" by [[Carrie Underwood]]
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| title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = [[July 9]] [[2005]] - [[September 10]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Gold Digger]]" by [[Kanye West]] featuring [[Jamie Foxx]]
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| before = "[[Incomplete (Backstreet Boys song)|Incomplete]]" by [[Backstreet Boys]]
| title = [[Australian Record Industry Association|Australia ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[June 26]] [[2005]] - [[July 3]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Lonely (Akon song)|Lonely]]" by [[Akon]]
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| before = "[[Slow Down (Bobby Valentino song)|Slow Down]]" by [[Bobby Valentino]]
| title = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]]
| years = [[June 4]] [[2005]]- [[September 3]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Like You]]" by [[Bow Wow]] featuring [[Ciara]]
}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Billboard Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)|number-one single]]|years=[[July 16]] [[2005]] - [[July 30]] [[2005]]}}
{{s-aft|rows=3|after="[[Don't Cha]]" by [[Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]]}}
{{s-bef|before="[[Feel Good Inc.]]" by [[Gorillaz]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=United World Chart number-one single|years=[[August 20]] [[2005]] - [[September 17]] [[2005]]}}
{{s-bef|before="Don't Cha" by [[Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]] (First run)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Hot Dance Airplay]] number-one single|years=[[August 6]], [[2005]] - [[August 15]], 2005}}
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| before = "[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Lil' Jon]] and [[Ludacris]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[Billboard Year-End|Number one single of the year]]
| years = [[2005]]
| after = "[[Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day]]" by [[Daniel Powter]]
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== Cover versions ==
*A [[Reggaeton]] artist [[Adassa]] covered the song in her self titled album. This new version contains various [[bachata]] elements.
*[[Esmee Denters]] did a cover of this song.
*[[Regine Velasquez]] did a cover of this song
*[[Nina Girado]] did a cover of this song.
*[[Kyla]] did a cover of this song.

==Notes and references==
===Notes===
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===References===
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*{{cite web | title= ARC Weekly Top 40| work= Rock on the Net| url= http://www.rockonthenet.com/ | accessmonthday=February 4 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= ARIA.com| work= Australian airplay and sales charts| url=http://www.aria.com.au/ | accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Billboard.com| work= Billboard Hot 100 chart| url=http://billboard.com| accessmonthday=January 31 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title=Chart Singles.net| work= Week 28 Chart Ronudup|url=http://www.chartsingles.net/news/music-news/1020/| accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= IFop.com| work= French sales chart| url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/index.asp| accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Jam Canoe.ca| work= Canadian airplay and sales charts| url=http://jam.canoe.ca/| accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Mariahdaily| work= Chartlogs| url=http://www.mariahdaily.com/info/chartlogs.shtml| accessmonthday=January 31 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Mariahdaily|url=http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-7-2005.shtml| accessmonthday=February 14 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title=MC Archives| work=Jermaine Dupri: How he turned Mariah into a hit Machine|url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=5153| accessmonthday=February 1 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Mediatraffic| work= United World charts| url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/| accessmonthday=January 31 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Oricon.co.jp| work= Japanese sales chart| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/| accessmonthday=March 16 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Recording Industry Association of New Zealand| work= New Zealand sales chart| url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp| accessmonthday=March 8 | accessyear=2006}}
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = We Belong Together
| Cover = Webelongtogether.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|Canada}} [[March 22]], [[2005]] {{flagicon|Japan}} [[June 15]], [[2005]]<ref>[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/u-pop/artist/mariah/uicl5019.html Mariah Carey Discography in Japan] ''www.universal-music.co.jp'' Retrieved on August 24, 2008.</ref> {{flagicon|UK}} [[July 4]], [[2005]]
| Recorded = Right Track Studios ([[New York City]], [[New York]]) Southside Studios ([[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]])
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 3:23 (Album/Single Version)
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]]
| Writer = [[Mariah Carey]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Manuel Seal]], [[Johnta Austin]], [[Kenneth Edmonds]], [[Darnell Bristol]], Sid Johnson, [[Bobby Womack]], [[Patrick Moten]], [[Sandra Sully (musician)|Sandra Sully]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal
| Certification = 2x Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Platinum ([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]) Gold ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Last single = "[[It's like That (Mariah Carey song)|It's like That]]" (2005)
| This single = "'''We Belong Together'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[Shake It Off]]" (2005)
| Misc =
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"'''We Belong Together'''" is a song recorded by [[Mariah Carey]] for her tenth studio album ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'' (2005) and released as the album's second [[single (music)|single]] [[2005 in music|in 2005]]. Written and produced by Carey, [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Manuel Seal]], and [[Johnta Austin]], the song was inspired by 1980s R&B and [[soul music|soul]]. Its [[arrangement]] is built on simple piano chords and an understated [[back beat]], and its [[lyrics]] chronicle a woman's desperation for her former lover to return after their separation.

Following a career-decline between 2001 and 2003, Carey achieved major worldwide success with "We Belong Together" as the song topped the [[record chart|chart]]s in many countries, including [[Australia]], [[Brazil]], [[Croatia]], [[Philippines]], [[South Africa]], and the [[United States]] [[Billboard Hot 100]] for fourteen non-consecutive weeks. The song is also the most successful song by a female artist in the history of Billboard.

In the U.S., the song also repeatedly broke many BDS Airplay records and was warmly received by critics. It won Carey a number of industry awards, including two [[Grammy Award]]s in 2006. It is dubbed by critics as Carey's "The Return of the Voice" to its form.

==Background and writing==
''Further information:'' [[The Emancipation of Mimi#Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox, Manuel Seal and LRoc|The Emancipation of Mimi]]

"We Belong Together" was not composed until late into the production of ''The Emancipation of Mimi''.<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Following an unsuccessful career period between 2001 and 2003, Carey began production on the album in 2004. By November of that year she had considered the album complete, but some of what became its more popular tracks had yet to be written.<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> [[L.A. Reid|Antonio "L.A." Reid]], the chairman of [[The Island Def Jam Music Group|Island Def Jam Records]], encouraged Carey to attempt additional studio sessions with producer [[Jermaine Dupri]]. "L.A. was like, 'You and Jermaine Dupri make magic together, why aren't you in the studio with him?'" she recalled. "'I said, 'I love Jermaine, is he free? I know he's doing a million things.' [...] But Jermaine said, 'Come on down.'"<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

Carey flew to Dupri's [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] studio and after two days, they composed two tracks for ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' ("[[Shake It Off]]" and "[[Get Your Number]]") and she returned to [[New York City]]; however, at this point "We Belong Together" was still not written. Reid was impressed with the album's new material and decided that Carey should return to Atlanta to compose more tracks.

In another two-day studio stint Carey, Dupri, Seal and Austin produced the album's first single "[[It's like That (Mariah Carey song)|It's like That]]" as well as "We Belong Together". The composers discussed the song's melody at length, and subsequently simplified the arrangement in order to accentuate Carey's vocals in light of the album's promotional slogan, "The Return of the Voice". According to Carey, the song was recorded in one [[take]] and according to Clive Davis, We Belong Together is one of the most difficult songs ever recorded to sing live.<ref>{{cite web | title= MC Archives| work= Mariah Carey's interview on QuÃ©bec TV| url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=5036| accessmonthday=January 31 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

==Music and structure==
"We Belong Together" is a pop [[ballad (music)|ballad]] that exhibits strong influences from [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and R&B. The song is propelled by a [[drum machine|programmed]] [[Roland TR-808]]-styled [[bass drum|kick]] and [[hi-hat]], which is prominently utilized in hip hop music.

Carey adopts a reserved, rap-flavored singing style, which garnered approval from the critics who admonish her ornate, [[melisma]]tic singing style.<ref>Farber, Jim. [http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/299097p-255879c.html "More like a screaming 'Mimi'"]. ''[[New York Daily News]]''. [[April 12]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[March 10]] [[2006]].</ref> Reviewer Jennifer Vineyard comments that Carey's spare and understated singing approach gives the song more power, which would not have been achieved if Carey had [[vocal belting|belted]].<ref name=road>{{cite web | title= VH1| work= Road To The Grammys: The Story Behind Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522707/20060127/index.jhtml?headlines=true| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Besides hip hop, the song incorporates 1980s retro-soul music by "cleverly"<ref name= nytimes>{{cite web | title=New York Times| work=The Summer Buzz: Cicadas and Mariah Carey| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/04note.html?ei=5090&en=4901ecf683560cdf&ex=1280808000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> referencing [[Bobby Womack]]'s "If You Think You're Lonely Now" (1981) and The Deele's "Two Occasions" (1987, with [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]]).

In the second verse of "We Belong Together," Carey sings: "Bobby Womack's on the radio/ Singing to me, 'If you think you're lonely now'." She then flips across a radio dial: "So I turn the dial, tryinâ€™ to catch a break/ And then I hear Babyface/ 'I only think of you...'."<ref>The line "If you think you're lonely now" is from the song of the same name and "I only think of you" is from the chorus of "Two Occasions". In the remix she also says "I only think of you/ On two occasions/ That's day and night..."</ref> Due to the inclusion of the lyrics from both songs, the songwriters were given co-writing credits on "We Belong Together".

"We Belong Together" comprises a very simple and understated musical arrangement: it is set in [[C major]] and is composed in [[quarter note|4/4]] [[time signature|time]].<ref name=notes>{{cite web | title= Music Notes| work= "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0049570&mnuid=9GR4DC7PQXCRNNYN72KXS7SJ5NXPV1K618LFC2K6| accessmonthday=February 4 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> It follows the common [[verse-chorus form]] and is structured into three sections that portray the protagonist in a range of emotions; from doleful and resigned in the first section, to desperate and agitated in the second. In the last section the song climaxes with an [[octave]] raise, which not only emphasizes the protagonist's heightened desperation, but her determination to be with her lover.<ref name= relaxed>{{cite web | title=Metrotimes | work=Radio fever- Sussing out a summer jam for â€™05 | url=http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8122| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref>

==Remixes and other versions==
Carey has often recorded remixes for some of her more popular songs, some of which have become more successful than their original counterparts. For "We Belong Together," she recorded the [[DJ Clue]] remix, which was produced by DJ Clue and features rappers [[Jadakiss]] and [[Styles P]], and the Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix/Atlantic Soul Vocal Mix. The remixes are fundamentally different from the album version and contain more distinct elements of hip hop music. The Atlantic Soul Vocal Mix, for example, features a synthetic bass line, a piano and [[guitar]] line, and distinctive hi-hats that produce a more up-tempo, hard-hitting beat.<ref>{{cite web | title= Explodingplastic| work= Mariah Carey - We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul Mix - Craig C.)| url=http://www.explodingplastic.com/reviews/craigcwebelongtogether.html| accessmonthday=May 11 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

Both remixes were offered as downloads in May 2005, and achieved success: the Atlantic Soul Mix reached number one on the U.S. [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play|Hot Dance Music and Club Play]] chart, while the DJ Clue version peaked at number five on the [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart.

==Music video==

[[Image:Mariahwbtscene.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A scene from the music video.]]
The song's [[music video]] was directed by [[Brett Ratner]] and filmed in [[Beverly Hills, California]]. It serves as the sequel to the video for "[[It's like That (Mariah Carey song)|It's like That]]", the first single released from ''The Emancipation of Mimi''.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Mariah Carey archives | work=Ratner Films Two Music Videos| url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=4268| accessmonthday=September 14 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Beginning with the "It's like That" video, the protagonist is at her [[Hen party|bachelorette party]], where one of the guests reveals himself as a former lover (played by [[Wentworth Miller]]). The video for "We Belong Together" begins the following morning, when the protagonist remembers her former boyfriend, as she is preparing for her wedding. As she marches down the aisle, the protagonist debates whether she belongs with her former boyfriend or her fiancÃ© (played by [[Eric Roberts]]). Once she reaches the altar, she catches sight of her former lover who is watching the wedding from a distance. She runs from the ceremony and into his arms, shocking everyone at the wedding.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Mariah Carey archives | work=Mariah Carey Plans a Double Shot of "Technical" Videos| url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=4768| work=25 Greatest Video Cameos: No. 11| accessmonthday=September 14 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The video is noted for the fact that Carey wore the same [[Vera Wang]] wedding dress that she wore at her wedding to [[Tommy Mottola]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web | title=AOL| url=http://music.aol.com/popeater/2007/07/23/25-greatest-video-cameos-no-11| accessyear=July 2007}}</ref>

The video reached number-one on several video-chart countdowns, including [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]'s ''[[106 & Park]]'', [[MTV]]'s ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'' (where it retired after it remained on the countdown for fifty days), [[MuchMusic]]'s ''[[Countdown (MuchMusic TV series)|Countdown]]'', and [[VH1]]'s ''[[VSpot Top 20 Countdown|Top 20 Video Countdown]]''. VH1 named the song #1 on its "Top 40 Videos Of 2005" in December of that year. By [[July 25]] [[2005]] it was [[LAUNCHcast]]'s most-watched video of the year, with 7.5 million [[streaming media|streamed]] performances.<ref>[[Yahoo! Music]]. [http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=16367&string=Mariah "Mariah Carey will 'Shake It Off', exclusively for Yahoo! Music; North American Online Premiere kicks off 8pm (PDT), July 27th"]. ''Top40-charts.com''. [[July 27]] [[2005]]. Retrieved [[February 12]] [[2005]].</ref> The video was nominated for "Best R&B Video" and "Best Female Video" at the 2005 MTV [[MTV Video Music Awards|Video Music Awards]].

==Reception==
"We Belong Together" became a "career re-defining"<ref>{{cite web | title=Virgin Recors| work= Virgin Urban Music President Jremaine Dupri and So So Def/Virgin Artist Johnta Austin Win R&B Song Honor |url=http://www.virginrecords.com/home/news.aspx| accessmonthday=September 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> song for Mariah Carey at a point when many fans and critics had considered her career over. Not only did it become one of the most successful pop singles of all time,<ref>{{cite web | title=About.com| work= Predictions Of Winners Billboard Music Awards 2005|url=http://top40.about.com/od/awards/a/bboardawardpred.htm| accessmonthday=September 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> it also became one of her most critically acclaimed singles.

===Critical response===
Unlike most of Carey's more recent singles, "We Belong Together" received generally positive reviews from critics, most of whom hail the song as a "return to form," following reviews of ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' (2002) that suggested Carey had lost her signature [[vocal range]] and power.<ref>Anderman, Joan. "For Carey, the Glory's Gone but the Glitter Lives On". ''[[Boston Globe]]''. pg. D.4, [[September 10]] [[2003]] [THIRD Edition].</ref><ref>Walters, Barry. "''Charmbracelet''". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. New York: pg. 93, [[December 12]] [[2002]], iss. 911.</ref> A review for ''[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]'' magazine writes, "the...diva [keeps] cool with breathy, rapid-fire verses until the final full strong-voiced climax that... proves that 'The Voice' has indeed returned."<ref>{{cite web | title=Slant Magazine | work=2005: Year in Rewind| url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/2005yearinmusic.asp| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Other critics commended Carey on her novel singing style which, according to [[Kelefa Sanneh]] of ''[[New York Times]]'', gives the song its propulsion.<ref name= nytimes>{{cite web | title=New York Times| work=The Summer Buzz: Cicadas and Mariah Carey| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/04note.html?ei=5090&en=4901ecf683560cdf&ex=1280808000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> Similarly, ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine and Johnny Loftus of ''Metrotimes'' characterized the song as "perfect," "classy," and "sublime."<ref name= relaxed>{{cite web | title=Metrotimes | work=Radio fever- Sussing out a summer jam for â€™05 | url=http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8122| accessmonthday=November 5 | accessyear=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=''Billboard''.com| work=Billboard Singles Review — "We Belong Together"| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/grammy/2006/nominees/record_year/mariah_carey.jsp| accessmonthday=January 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> By 2006 "We Belong Together" had received a number of awards, including [[Grammy Award]]s for "[[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]" and "[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song|Best R&B Song]]"; "Song of the Year" at the 2006 [[ASCAP]] Awards; the [[VIBE|Vibe]] Award and Soul Train Award for "Best R&B Song," and the [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] Urban Award for "Song of the Year", [[Blender (magazine)|Blender magazine]] ranked it fifteenth on its 100 Greatest Songs of 2005 list.<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1841 The 100 Greatest Songs of 2005 Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More]</ref>

While proving to be popular with fans and critics alike, "We Belong Together" also received less enthusiastic reviews from Helen Duong of ''UKMusic'', who dismissed the song as "bearable,"<ref>{{cite web | title=UKmusic | work= Reviews: Hip Hop and RnB- Mariah Carey We Belong Together| url=http://www.ukmusic.com/Reviews/Hip-Hop-and-RnB/Mariah-Carey-We-Belong-Together.html| accessmonthday=November 10 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> and a critic from ''Virgin.net'' found the song boring, clichÃ©d and uninspired.<ref>{{cite web | title=Virgin.net | work=Mariah Carey — We Belong Together| url=http://www.virgin.net/music/singlereviews/mariahcarey_webelongtogether.html| accessmonthday=November 10 | accessyear=2005}}</ref>


===Commercial reception===
Between 2001 and 2003, Carey's popularity had substantially declined and many had considered her career over.<ref>Gardner, Elysa. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/dcovfri.htm Mariah Carey, 'standing again']. ''[[USA Today]]''. November 28, 2002. Retrieved August 19, 2005.</ref> However, after being released to [[North America]]n radio on [[March 26]] [[2005]], "We Belong Together" became the biggest success of Carey's solo career and for her label.<ref>{{cite web | title=About.com | work= New York Girl Makes Good With The Emancipation of Mimi| url=http://manhattan.about.com/od/artsandculture/a/mariahcarey.htm|accessmonthday=February 17 |accessyear=2005}}</ref> The song spent fourteen non-consecutive weeks at number one on both the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] — after making its debut at number eighty-one — and on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] chart. It had major cross-over success, becoming the first song to simultaneously occupy the number-one position on nine ''Billboard'' charts on the week ending [[August 6]] [[2005]]: the Hot 100, [[Hot 100 Airplay]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]], [[Pop 100 Airplay]], the Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play]], and the [[Hot Ringtones]] charts. One week earlier, it had become the first song to top eight charts concurrently.<ref>{{cite web | title=MariahDaily | work=Mariah Carey| url=http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-7-2005.shtml|accessmonthday=February 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=MC Archives | work=We Belong Together sets another record at Billboard| url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=4882|accessmonthday=February 12 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> According to [[Mediabase]] and Nielsen BDS, "We Belong Together" broke several airplay records in the United States: it gathered both the largest one-day and one-week audience total in BDS history, reaching 32.8 million and 223 million impressions respectively.<ref>{{cite web | title=USA Today| work= Carey sets a record| url=http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20050713/d_toplline13.art.htm| accessmonthday=February 14 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> On Billboard's Year End Charts of 2005, the song was declared the number-one song, a career first for Carey.

"We Belong Together" achieved success in several major non-U.S. markets. It debuted at the top of the [[Australia]]n chart, where it remained for two weeks, and it reached a peak position of number two for three weeks in [[New Zealand]] and on the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Jam!|BDS]] Airplay chart. Promotion for the song was strongest in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], where it debuted at number two behind [[Tupac Shakur]]'s "[[Ghetto Gospel]]", selling 39,436 copies, only missing the top spot by 392 physical and digital sales. Across [[Continental Europe]] the song was a moderate success. It reached the top five in [[Spain]], [[Ireland]], [[Netherlands]], [[Denmark]] and [[Switzerland]], top ten in [[Norway]], and top twenty in [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Sweden]] and [[Germany]].

==Formats and track listings==
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "We Belong Together".
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*'''UK CD maxi single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)
#"We Belong Together" (Reconstruction club mix)
#"We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal)
#"We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental)

*'''UK 2-track/Canadian single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (Remix feat. Jadakiss and Styles P)
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*'''Australian/European CD single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (DJ Clue remix)

*'''European CD single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (Reconstruction Radio Mix)
#"It's like That" (Remix feat. Fat Joe)
#"We Belong Together" (music video)

*'''Japanese CD maxi single'''
#"We Belong Together" (album version)
#"We Belong Together" (instrumental)
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==Credits and personnel==
*Lead and backing [[singer|vocals]] — Mariah Carey
*[[Musical keyboard|Keyboards]] — Loris Holland
*[[Drum]]s — Charles Draiton
*[[Engineer]]s — Brian Garten, John Horesco IV
*Assistant engineer — Tadd Mingo
*[[Audio mixing]] — Phil Tan
*[[Master recording|Mastered]] by Herb Powers

==Charts==
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{| class="prettytable"
!align="center"|Chart (2005)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Mainstream Top 40]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Rhythmic Top 40]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Australian [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] [[ARIA Charts|Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian]] [[Jam!|BDS]] Airplay Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Brazil Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Croatia Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|South Africa Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Philippines Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Denmark Singles Chart
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland Singles Chart
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|Euro 200
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|Norway Singles Chart
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|German Singles Chart
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|French Singles Chart
|align="center"|12
|-
|Italian Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=3&idclassifica=1520&archivio=true FIMI archive]</ref>
|align="center"|25
|-
|align="left"|United World Chart
|align="center"|1
|}

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| title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[June 4]] [[2005]] - [[June 25]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Inside Your Heaven]]" by [[Carrie Underwood]]
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| before = "[[Inside Your Heaven]]" by [[Carrie Underwood]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = [[July 9]] [[2005]] - [[September 10]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Gold Digger]]" by [[Kanye West]] featuring [[Jamie Foxx]]
}}
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| before = "[[Incomplete (Backstreet Boys song)|Incomplete]]" by [[Backstreet Boys]]
| title = [[Australian Record Industry Association|Australia ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[June 26]] [[2005]] - [[July 3]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Lonely (Akon song)|Lonely]]" by [[Akon]]
}}
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| before = "[[Slow Down (Bobby Valentino song)|Slow Down]]" by [[Bobby Valentino]]
| title = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number one single]]
| years = [[June 4]] [[2005]]- [[September 3]] [[2005]]
| after = "[[Like You]]" by [[Bow Wow]] featuring [[Ciara]]
}}
{{s-bef|before="Inside Your Heaven" by [[Bo Bice]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Billboard Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)|number-one single]]|years=[[July 16]] [[2005]] - [[July 30]] [[2005]]}}
{{s-aft|rows=3|after="[[Don't Cha]]" by [[Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]]}}
{{s-bef|before="[[Feel Good Inc.]]" by [[Gorillaz]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=United World Chart number-one single|years=[[August 20]] [[2005]] - [[September 17]] [[2005]]}}
{{s-bef|before="Don't Cha" by [[Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]] (First run)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Hot Dance Airplay]] number-one single|years=[[August 6]], [[2005]] - [[August 15]], 2005}}
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| before = "[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Lil' Jon]] and [[Ludacris]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[Billboard Year-End|Number one single of the year]]
| years = [[2005]]
| after = "[[Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day]]" by [[Daniel Powter]]
}}
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== Cover versions ==
*A [[Reggaeton]] artist [[Adassa]] covered the song in her self titled album. This new version contains various [[bachata]] elements.
*[[EsmÃ©e Denters]] did a cover of this song.
*[[Regine Velasquez]] did a cover of this song
*[[Nina Girado]] did a cover of this song.
*[[Kyla]] did a cover of this song.

==Notes and references==
===Notes===
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===References===
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*{{cite web | title= ARC Weekly Top 40| work= Rock on the Net| url= http://www.rockonthenet.com/ | accessmonthday=February 4 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= ARIA.com| work= Australian airplay and sales charts| url=http://www.aria.com.au/ | accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Billboard.com| work= Billboard Hot 100 chart| url=http://billboard.com| accessmonthday=January 31 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title=Chart Singles.net| work= Week 28 Chart Ronudup|url=http://www.chartsingles.net/news/music-news/1020/| accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= IFop.com| work= French sales chart| url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/index.asp| accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Jam Canoe.ca| work= Canadian airplay and sales charts| url=http://jam.canoe.ca/| accessmonthday=March 5 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Mariahdaily| work= Chartlogs| url=http://www.mariahdaily.com/info/chartlogs.shtml| accessmonthday=January 31 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Mariahdaily|url=http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-7-2005.shtml| accessmonthday=February 14 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title=MC Archives| work=Jermaine Dupri: How he turned Mariah into a hit Machine|url=http://www.mcarchives.com/news/?id=5153| accessmonthday=February 1 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Mediatraffic| work= United World charts| url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/| accessmonthday=January 31 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Oricon.co.jp| work= Japanese sales chart| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/| accessmonthday=March 16 | accessyear=2006}}
*{{cite web | title= Recording Industry Association of New Zealand| work= New Zealand sales chart| url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp| accessmonthday=March 8 | accessyear=2006}}
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Bleeding Love

2008-05-06T09:40:07Z

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Bleeding Love
| Cover = LeonaSingle-250.jpg
| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]]
| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]
| B-side = "Forgiveness"
| Released = {{Start date|2007|10|19|df=yes}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] [[ballad]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]]
| Length = 4:01 (radio edit) 4:21 (album version)
| Label = [[Sony BMG]], [[Syco]]
| Writer = [[Jesse McCartney]] [[Ryan Tedder]]
| Producer = Ryan Tedder
| Certification = Platinum ([[RIAA]], [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart|ARIA]], [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], [[IFPI]], [[RIANZ]]) Gold (Belgium, Sweden)
| Last single = "[[A Moment Like This]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Bleeding Love'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Better in Time]]"/"[[Footprints in the Sand (song)|Footprints in the Sand]]" (2008)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2
| Upper caption = Alternate cover
| Type = single
| Cover = Leona_Lewis_-_Bleeding_Love_Alternate.jpg
| Lower caption = Alternate cover
}}}}

"'''Bleeding Love'''" is a [[pop music|pop]]–[[contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]] written by [[Jesse McCartney]] and [[Ryan Tedder]]<ref name="notes">{{cite album-notes|title= Bleeding Love|bandname = Leona Lewis|year = 2007 |format = CD Single|publisher = Sony BMG|publisherid= 88697175622}}</ref> and produced by Tedder for [[Leona Lewis]]' debut album, ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'',<ref name="popjustice">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Basically a press release presented as "news"|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1492&Itemid=9|publisher=Popjustice|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> on which it is the [[opening track]]. The song is the album's first single (Lewis's official second single following "[[A Moment like This]]") released in the United Kingdom and the [[Republic of Ireland]] in October 2007.<ref name="hear">{{cite news|title=Hear Bleeding Love!|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Pages/NewsList.aspx?pageName=news&NewsID=39|date=[[14 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref> The single was released digitally in December 2007 in the [[United States]], and worldwide between December 2007 and April 2008 (see [[#Release history|release history]]). "Bleeding Love" became the best selling single of 2007 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]],<ref name="winehouseandlewis">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm|title= Winehouse and Lewis head charts|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> and has so far reached number one in the singles and airplay charts in over twenty-eight countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan and the United States.

==Promotion==
The song's first radio play was on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[BBC Radio 1#Chart Show|Chart Show]] on [[16 September]] [[2007]],<ref name="hear"/> and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger [[Perez Hilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/?p=5595|title=At Long Last… Leona Has Arrived!|publisher=[[Perez Hilton]]|date=[[16 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> It is reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=18416899&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965|title=Leona set for success?|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=[[20 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> The song was also [[Scott Mills]]' record of the week from Monday [[24 September]] to Friday [[28 September]].<ref>{{cite news|title=X-Factor winner releases album|url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.1718276.0.xfactor_winner_releases_album.php|publisher=Penarth Times|date=[[28 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on [[11 October|11]] and [[12 October]] [[2007]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Regional radio tour|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7024/|publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[10 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> This was followed by an appearance on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'' on [[15 October]]. Lewis performed the song live on the [[The X Factor (UK series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' on [[20 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-leona-lewis-will-perform-on-first-live-show/|publisher=Unreality TV|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]], [[GMTV]] and ''[[Loose Women]]''.

Lewis also performed the song at the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] on [[29 February]] [[2008]], and on [[Germany|German]] entertainment show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on [[1 March]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/leona-lewis-keeps-you-updated/4481|title=LEONA LEWIS keeps you updated|publisher=Berlinista|date=[[2008-02-29]]|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lewis made her US television debut on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', on [[17 March]] [[2008]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article886094.ece|title=Leona to be an Oprah singer|publisher=''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''|date=[[2008-03-07]]|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> where she performed "Bleeding Love". She has also sung on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on [[4 April]] [[2008]], ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'' on [[8 April]] [[2008]], ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on [[11 april]] [[2008]] and ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on [[17 April]] [[2008]]. Lewis performed the song live on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh series]] of ''[[American Idol]]'' on Wednesday 23 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/03/leona-lewis-to-crack-us/|title=Leona Lewis To Crack US|publisher=Product Reviews|date=[[2008-01-03]]|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref> It has been confirmed that Lewis will perform "Bleeding Love" on the semi-finals of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' on [[13 May]] [[2008]].

==Reception==
Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/09/17/leona-lewis-is-back-with-bleeding-love/|title=Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love"|publisher=Showbiz Spy|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an ''X Factor'' star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' ''X Factor'' fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78023/leona-lewis-bleeding-love.html|title=Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref> It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on [[31 December]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81940/digital-spys-top-20-singles-of-2007.html |title=Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=[[2007-12-31]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

However, [[BBC America]]'s reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s [[Mariah Carey]] album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the [[nightclub|club]], too fast for the [[foxtrot]]. Actually, with its [[marching band]] drum beat, it sounds as much like [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those [[melisma|vocal acrobatics]] that have historically plagued [[Christina Aguilera]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=561|title=Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i5852afde016b362423c937d1e69c8a7c|title=Bleeding Love: Leona Lewis|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/grading_the_itu.php|title=Grading The iTunes Hits|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Tom|last=Breihan|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>

===Awards===
In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name="Record of the Year">{{cite web |url=http://www.roty.tv/|title=Record Of The Year |publisher=roty.tv |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and the award for Best Track in the [[Virgin Media]] Music Awards 2007.<ref name="virginmediaaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=2|title=Best Track: Leona Lewis| publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>

In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the [[2008 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/602/|title=Leona, Mika & Take That Lead UK Nominations For 2008|publisher=Brit Awards|date=[[2008-01-14]]|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Although the award was won by [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes.

==Chart performance==
It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on [[28 October]] [[2007]] at number one.<ref name="storms"/><ref name="acharts"/> With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from ''The X Factor'' to achieve two UK number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008942264|title=Leona's Single Has "The X-Factor"|publisher=All News Headlines|first=Sally|last=Grover|date=[[2007-10-25]]|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> Its seven week run at number one was also the longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history.

In [[Australia]] it debuted at number nine on the [[ARIA Charts]] on [[24 December]] [[2007]]. Four weeks later, it knocked [[OneRepublic]]'s "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" off the number one position on the Digital Track chart. On [[21 January]] [[2008]], Lewis became the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] since [[Sandi Thom]]'s "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" in early 2007. On [[10 February]] [[2008]], the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50|title=Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=[[2008-02-11]]|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>

In [[New Zealand]], Lewis became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since [[Jamelia]]'s Superstar topped the chart in February 2004, (the [[Sugababes]] topped the chart in January 2006, being the last British females to top the chart).

The single debuted at number one in the [[Irish Singles Chart]], where it remained for eight weeks.<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="irishchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 50 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> It also debuted at number one in [[Austria]] and [[Germany]], staying there for four weeks in Germany and six so far in Austria.<ref name="acharts"/> In the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand]] charts, it topped the chart for five weeks.<ref>http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref> It also reached number one in [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref>

"Bleeding Love" also entered both the [[UK Official Download Chart]] and the [[Irish Downloads Chart]] at number one.<ref name="ukdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.co.uk/top40_downloads_last.php?week=3&end=28/10/2007%20-%2003/11/2007|title=TOP 40 DOWNLOADS ARCHIVE :: WEEK 44 : 28/10/2007 - 03/11/2007|publisher=[[The Official UK Charts Company]]|accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref><ref name="irishdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240006&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 20 DOWNLOADS, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> The B-side, "Forgiveness", reached number 46 in the UK Singles Chart, and 39 in the Irish Singles Chart, due to download sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/28960|title=Leona Lewis - Forgiveness|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref>

In the [[United World Chart]], the song entered at number 11 on [[10 November]] [[2007]] with 176,000 points, being named "Hot Shot Debut" of the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 45 / 2007 - November 10|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The second week it dropped to number 15 with 137,000 points<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 46 / 2007 - November 17|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-17]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and in the third week it was at number 20 with 122,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 47 / 2007 - November 24|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-24]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then moved out of the top 20, gaining 113,000 points at number 22<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 48 / 2007 - December 1|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-01]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and 101,000 points at number 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 49 / 2007 - December 8|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> Its decline continued the next week, with a chart position of 30 and 85,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 50 / 2007 - December 15|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-15]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the seventh and eighth weeks on the chart, it climbed to numbers 21 and 18, receiving 102,000 and 116,000 points respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 51 / 2007 - December 22|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-22]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 52 / 2007 - December 29|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-29]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the first chart of 2008, it had climbed back to its entry position of 11, with 143,000 points and being named the "Largest Points Increase" for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 1 / 2008 - January 5|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then got 158,000 points and dropped back down to 15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 2 / 2008 - January 12|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-12]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and the following week climbed to 12 with 151,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 3 / 2008 - January 19|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-19]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The next week, on [[26 January]], it achieved its highest chart position to date, number 9 with 148,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 4 / 2008 - January 26|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-26]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The following week it climbed again to number 5 with 196,000 points, the largest points increase for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 5 / 2008 - February 2|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-02]]|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> The following week the single climbed to number 4 with 210,000 points, and the next week, "Bleeding Love" achieved 236,000 points, surpassing the 2 million points mark, retaining its position at number 4 in the United World Chart, with the largest points increase for that week, and earning platinum status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm|title=
United World Chart Tracks week 7 / 2008 - February 16|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> The song overtook "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] to become the #1 single on the chart.

In the [[United States]], the single's digital release on [[December 18]], [[2007]], led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689702|title=Ask Billboard|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=[[2007-12-28]]|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> As the song was added to song rotations throughout the U.S., increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 11 on the charting week of [[16 February]], [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3091539&cdi=9667806&cid=02%2F16%2F2008|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Bleeding Love Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 16 2008|publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The subsequent two weeks pushed the song up the charts, officially debuting on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] on the charting week of [[1 March]] [[2008]] at number 85.<ref name="acharts"/> The song has become Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, reaching #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]],<ref name="acharts"/> and has also peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard.com - Charts - Singles - Pop 100]</ref> and #1 on the [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref>[http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65345&st=0&#entry1812226 US Billboard Digital Chart - BuzzJack Music Forum]</ref><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://billboardradio.com/billboardradio/radiojava.jsp - Artist chart history|title=Billboard|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> This makes Lewis only the third female artist from the U.K. to ever have a number one hit on the Hot 100 with her first single, following [[Petula Clark]] with "[[Downtown (song)|Downtown]]" in [[1965]] and [[Sheena Easton]] with "[[Morning Train (Nine to Five)]]" in [[1981]].<ref name="billboard chart beat">{{citeweb|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|title=Top of the World |publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-03-27]]|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> In addition it is also the first U.S. number one song (debut or not) by a solo British female since [[Kim Wilde]]'s "[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" more than 20 years prior.<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts The Times 27 March, 2008]</ref> The song had sold a total of 1,565977 in U.S. digital downloads.<ref>http://www.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38731&page=524</ref> It also jumped to number one in Canada in the same week. In the U.S., "Bleeding Love" reached number one for a week, before slipping to number four, rising to number two the next week, and then returning to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, before being succeeded by [[Lil Wayne]]'s "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]." Its return to number one on the Hot 100 coincided with the parent album ''Spirit'' debuting at number one on the Billboard 100, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to top the ''Billboard'' albums and singles simultaneously. The song yet again returned to number one for the third time on the Hot 100 on the charts dated [[May 10]], [[2008]]. The song's return to the top of the Hot 100 for a second time made it the first song to have three separate turns at number one on the Hot 100 since [[Chic]]'s "[[Le Freak]]" in [[January]], [[1979]], and only the second song to ever do so.<ref>[http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp Leona's Triple Play ''Billboard'' 01 May, 2008]</ref>

In [[Canada]], the song reached number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] dated [[April 5]], [[2008]]. This was the first time a non-North American act has ever reached number one on the chart since its establishment in 2007.

"Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8547/10/|title=Airplay chart |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-13]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[France]],<ref name="frenchairplay">{{cite web|url=http://charly1300.site.voila.fr/top100france.htm|title=Top 100 Airplay France|date=[[2008-03-09]]|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> [[Australia]],<ref name="queenofoz">{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8470/15/|title=The Queen of Oz! |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-04]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[New Zealand]], [[Croatia]],<ref name="croatia"/> [[Slovenia]],<ref name="euro">{{cite web |url=http://euro200.eu.mialias.net/EU-nation.htm |title=European Union Charts Nationwide |accessdate=2008-01-06 |work=APC-stats}}</ref> [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="luxembourg">{{cite web |url=http://www.eldoradio.lu/music/chartbreaker/ |title=Luxembourg Chartbreaker Top 50|language=Luxembourgish|accessdate=2007-12-23}}</ref> [[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvia]],<ref name="latvia"/> [[Slovakia]]<ref name="slovakia"/> [[Latin America]],<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved [[April 3]] [[2008]].</ref> [[Estonia]]<ref name="EST"/> and [[Japan]].<ref name="Japan Airplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air_080424.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref> In the [[Greece|Greek]] Airplay Chart, it reached number two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/euro/Greece.asp|title=Greece Top 20 Chart|date=[[2008-01-29]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>

==Sales performance==
"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on [[22 October]] [[2007]], when it sold over 66,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/24102007/364/lewis-smash-fastest-selling-single-record.html&e=l_news_dm|title=Yahoo Music News|publisher=[[Yahoo Music]]|date=[[24th October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref> and topped the UK [[iTunes Store]] chart.<ref name="racetotop"/> It was reported to be outselling [[Take That]]'s "[[Rule the World]]" by three-to-one in chain store [[Woolworths Group PLC|Woolworths]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article.aspx?articleid=2765&title=The+9+O'Clock+News+%E2%80%93+Tues+23+Oct|title=The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct|publisher=[[heat (magazine)|heatworld.com]]|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> and [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Gimme More]]" by ten-to-one.<ref name="racetotop">{{cite news|title=X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top spot|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=489284&in_page_id=1773|publisher=''Daily Mail''|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday [[25 October]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article389283.ece|title=Leona and TT chart race over|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[26 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday [[26 October]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm going to find the new McFly!|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/19340/I-m-going-to-find-the-new-McFly-/|publisher=''[[Daily Star]]''|date=[[27 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five singles combined.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/leona-lewis-breaks-first-week-record-235.html|title=Leona Lewis Breaks First Week Record|publisher=Musicrooms|date=[[29 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref><ref name="storms">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis storms singles chart|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=[[28 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona helps smash download record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[31 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref>

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles beat Britney to number one |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077856.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[4 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis holds onto the top spot|url=http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=40268|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=[[11 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/28956 |title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Music Charts |work=aCharts.us |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.<ref name="winehouseandlewis"/> "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on [[9 November]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33059|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2007-11-09]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> and platinum on [[18 January]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33133|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2008-01-18]]|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.<ref name="acharts"/>

As of Thursday 24th April 2008 the single has has been certified Gold and Platinum in the US.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/singles.jsp Billboard RIAA Single Certifications]</ref>

To date the song has sold over 6 Million copies worldwide.

==Music videos==
[[Image:Bleeding Love (video).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lewis in the music video for "Bleeding Love", wearing a £100,000 Dolce & Gabbana crystal-encrusted dress.]]
[[Image:BleedingLoveUSVersion02.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Lewis in the U.S. version of the video.]]
There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by [[Melina (director)|Melina]] and was filmed in Los Angeles.<ref name="videoshoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Blogs/DisplayBlog.aspx?BlogID=26|title=Bleeding Love video shoot|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="dressedtothrill">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/view/17103/Leona-s-dressed-to-thrill/|title=Leona's Dressed To Thrill|publisher=''Daily Star''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> It is set in an apartment block and features six storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona's new vid is X-rated|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007450782,00.html|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}} {{Dead link|date=February 2008}}</ref> Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."<ref name="videoshoot"/> Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'', saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love.

For the video, Lewis wore a [[pound sterling|£]]100,000 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed {{convert|40|lb|kg|lk=on}},<ref name="dressedtothrill"/><ref name="Leona glams up for vid">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/03/ooh-la-la-89520-19885710/|title=Leona glams up for vid|publisher=''The Mirror''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}}</ref> and reportedly had an entourage of 150 people on set, including five stylists flown out from the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/01/leona-s-diva-demands-89520-19874125/|title=Leona's diva demands|publisher=''The Daily Mirror''|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-02}}</ref> The same dress was later worn by [[Victoria Beckham]] in the video for the [[Spice Girls]] charity single "[[Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=236659672&p=z3666x378|title=Leona Lewis inspires Beckham and Parker|publisher=IrelandOn-Line|date=[[2007-11-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref>

The video first aired on [[17 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleeding Love video|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7041/|publisher=[[RCA Label Group]]|date=[[17 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website [[YouTube]] the same day. As of [[30th April]] [[2008]] it has garnered over 48 million views on [[YouTube]], making it the 10th most viewed video of all time.

Lewis filmed a second video in [[New York City]] for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video was written by [[Rick Rubin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Tedder's Back-up plan|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5460153.html|publisher=Chron|date=[[2008-01-16]]|accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> It was directed by Jesse Terrero.<ref name="NY Video">{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (NY Video)|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/terrero_films/index.html|publisher=Video Static|date=[[2007-12-20]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> The video premiered in the United States on [[29 January]] [[2008]] on [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=56495905&stationId=&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Far-37956508-videos--Leona-Lewis|title=Bleeding Love video|publisher=Yahoo! Music|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was uploaded to YouTube on [[30 January]] [[2008]]. Its television debut was on [[4 February]] [[2008]] on [[VH1]] as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.<ref name="usrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2008/0004744196&EDATE=|title=U.K. Singer and Songwriter Leona Lewis to Release Debut Album Spirit in the U.S. on April 8th|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
*'''CD single''' (88697175622)
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) ([[Ryan Tedder]], Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis Bleeding Love|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/releases/594/|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> ([[Kara DioGuardi]], Leona Lewis, [[Salaam Remi]])<ref name="notes"/> — 4:26

*'''Maxi single''' (88697222422)<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Song)|publisher=SwissCharts.com|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
#"[[A Moment like This]]" ([[Jörgen Elofsson]], John Reid) — 4:17
#"Bleeding Love" (video)

*'''U.S. CD Promotional Single''' (88697218242)<ref>[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=426587 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (426587)]</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10

*'''U.S. digital CD single''' (886972980522)<ref name="Single available at Target Stores">{{cite web|title=Single available at Target Stores|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/index.php/international/us}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21

==Remixes==
Several official dance remixes have been commissioned for the song, which are played in clubs and on dance radio.
*"Bleeding Love" ([[Jason Nevins]] Original Radio Mix) - 3:40
*"Bleeding Love" (Jason Nevins Extended Mix) - 5:56
*"Bleeding Love" (Kings of Soul Bleedin Vocal Mix) - 7:30
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Radio Edit) - 3:43
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - 8:42
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Dub) - 8:36
*"Bleeding Love" (Shapeshifters Vocal Mix) - 8:23
*"Bleeding Love" (Shapeshifters Nocturnal Dub) - 6:27

==Credits and personnel==
*Lead [[vocals]] – Leona Lewis
*[[Audio mixing]] – Phil Tan
*[[Recording engineer]] – [[Ryan Tedder]]
*Assistant recording engineers – Nate Hertweck and Craig Durrance
*[[Record producer|Producer]] – Ryan Tedder
*All instruments – Ryan Tedder
*Programming – Ryan Tedder
*[[String instrument|String]] arrangement – Ryan Tedder
*Recorded at:
**Mansfield Studios, [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
**[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
**Encore Studios, [[Burbank, California]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| [[19 October]] [[2007]]
| [[Syco Records|Syco Music]]
| [[CD]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="hear"/>
| [[21 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| [[Digital download]]
|-
| [[22 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| CD
|-
| [[New Zealand]]
| [[3 December]] [[2007]]
| [[Sony BMG]]
| CD
|-
| [[Sweden]]
| [[6 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis New Single + Video 'Bleeding Love' Is Here!|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005243|publisher=Sony BMG Australia|date=[[2007-12-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>
| [[15 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266450354&s=143441&i=266450376|title=Bleeding Love - Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (USA)|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref>
| [[18 December]] [[2007]]
| [[J Records]]
| Digital download
|-
| [[18 March]] [[2008]]
| [[J Records]]
| CD
|-
|[[Italy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetbookshop.it/disco/0886971756227/leona-lewis/bleeding-love.html?shop=2057|publisher=Internet Bookshop|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | [[11 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Germany]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=827988&product=88697175622e|title=Bleeding Love|accessdate=2008-01-27|language=German}}</ref>
| Sony BMG
| CD, maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Switzerland]]<ref name="swisscharts"/>
| Syco
| CD, maxi CD
|-
| [[Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title=LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.hk|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[23 January]] [[2008]]
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.sg/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title= LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.sg|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Austria]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[25 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweb.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/nederland-get-ready-for-leona-lewis|title=Nederland, get ready for Leona Lewis!|language=Dutch|publisher=NewsWeb|date=[[2007-12-13]]|accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref>
| [[28 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Japan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmgjapan.com/leonalewis/info.php?id=2333|title=Leona Lewis <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=Japanese|publisher=[[BMG Japan]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
| [[13 February]] [[2008]] [[9 April]] [[2008]]
| [[BMG Japan]]
| digital download
|-
| [[France]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[3 March]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[Australian]] [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 50 (Flanders)<ref name="belgium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 40 (Wallonia)<ref name="belgium"/>
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Hot100Brasil|Brazilian Hot 100]]<ref>http://www.hot100brasil.com/chtsinglesb.html</ref>
|align="center"|33
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Canadian+Hot+100&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles|title=Canadian Hot 100|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=''Billboard''}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Czech Republic|Czech]] Airplay Top100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=145622&sec=abe19d27a5213e3e54ec6bae1ca17b76|language=Czech|title= RADIO TOP100 Oficiální|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Denmark|Danish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Netherlands|Dutch]] Single Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis|title=Discografie: Leona Lewis|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Euro 200]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles|title=European Hot 100 Singles|publisher=[[Billboard.com]]|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Finland|Finnish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Singles Chart<ref name="french">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/top50/sgl0812.stm|title=Top 50 Singles France|language=French|publisher=IFOP|date=[[2008-03-26]]|accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Germany|German]] [[Top100 Singles]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Greece|Greek]] Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher[[IFPI]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Italy|Italian]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=6]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan]]ese Billboard Japan Hot 100<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_100/j_100.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Malaysia|Malaysian]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand]] [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[VG-lista]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Portugal|Portuguese]] Top 50 Singles<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |title=Romanian Top 100 |language=Romanian|date=[[2008-02-25]]|accessdate=2008-02-25|publisher=Vento Consultanta SRL}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Slovakia|Slovak]] Airplay Chart<ref name="slovakia">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=144828&sec=eee8e42f9f586e367127996528e712b8 |language=Slovak|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna|publisher=IFPI|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Spain|Spanish]] [[Los 40 Principales]] Chart <ref>http://www.los40.com/actualidad/listas/lista40.html</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Sweden|Swedish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Switzerland|Swiss]] Singles Top 100<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Pop 100|Pop 100]]<ref name="U.S.">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3093861&cdi=9742098&cid=04%2F26%2F2008|title=Billboard Chart History |accessdate=2008-04-26 |work=Billboard|language=English}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="U.S.">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3093861&cdi=9742098&cid=04%2F26%2F2008|title=Billboard Chart History |accessdate=2008-04-26 |work=Billboard|language=English}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Digital Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|107
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|28
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance Radio Airplay]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[United World Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|}



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{{s-ttl | title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[number-one singles in Ireland (2007)|number-one single]]
| years = [[October 25]] [[2007]] – [[December 16]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Tattoo (song)|Tattoo]]" by [[Jordin Sparks]] }}
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| years = [[October 28]] [[2007]] – [[December 16]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[About You Now]]" by [[Sugababes]] }}
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| years = [[October 28]] [[2007]] – [[December 9]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[What a Wonderful World]]" by [[Katie Melua]] and [[Eva Cassidy]] }}
{{s-bef | rows=7 | before = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart [[list of number-one singles in 2007 (NZ)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[December 17]] [[2007]] – [[December 24]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 16]] [[2008]] – [[February 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by Schnuffel }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[January 21]] [[2008]] – [[February 18]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Bulgarian National Top 40]] [[Bulgarian National Top 40 number-one singles of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = [[January 27]] [[2008]] – [[February 2]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[No One (Alicia Keys song)|No One]]" by [[Alicia Keys]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Top100 Singles|German Top100 Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 25]] [[2008]] – [[February 19]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by Schnuffel }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] [[List of European number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[March 8]] [[2008]] - [[March 15]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (second run)
| years = [[March 22]] [[2008]] - [[March 29]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]" by [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (third run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] - [[April 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
| years = [[December 31]] [[2007]] – [[January 28]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] feat. [[T-Pain]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Beggin']]" by [[Madcon]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Norwegian [[VG-lista]] Singles Chart number-one single
| years = [[February 6]] [[2008]] – [[February 20]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Hold On Be Strong]]" by [[Maria Haukaas Storeng]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Il avait les mots]]" by [[Sheryfa Luna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart [[SNEP number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 22]] [[2008]] - [[March 29]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Dangerous (M. Pokora song)|Dangerous]]" by [[M. Pokora]] featuring [[Timbaland]] and [[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[United World Chart]] [[Number-one hits of 2008 (World)|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 29]] [[2008]] - [[April 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love in This Club]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | rows=2 | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] }}
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{{s-bef | rows=2 |before = "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = [[April 19]] [[2008]] }}
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{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = [[April 26]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] }}
{{s-bef |before = "[[Burn -Fumetsu no Face-]]" by [[B'z]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Japan ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 number-one single
| years = [[May 5]] [[2008]]}}
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{{s-bef |before = "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (third run)
| years = [[May 10]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = incumbent }}
{{s-bef |before = "[[Now You're Gone]]" by [[Basshunter]] featuring [[Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo|DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheads]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Hot Dance Airplay|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Airplay Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[May 10]] [[2008]]}}
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==See also==
*[[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)]]

==References==
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Bleeding Love
| Cover = LeonaSingle-250.jpg
| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]]
| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]
| B-side = "Forgiveness"
| Released = {{Start date|2007|10|19|df=yes}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:01 (radio edit) 4:21 (album version)
| Label = [[Sony BMG]], [[Syco]]
| Writer = [[Ryan Tedder]] [[Jesse McCartney]]
| Producer = Ryan Tedder
| Certification = Platinum ([[RIAA]], [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart|ARIA]], [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], [[IFPI]], [[RIANZ]]) Gold (Belgium)
| Last single = "[[A Moment Like This]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Bleeding Love'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Better in Time]]"/"[[Footprints in the Sand (song)|Footprints in the Sand]]" (2008)
}}

"'''Bleeding Love'''" is a [[pop music|pop]]–[[contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]] written by [[Ryan Tedder]] and [[Jesse McCartney]]<ref name="notes">{{cite album-notes|title= Bleeding Love|bandname = Leona Lewis|year = 2007 |format = CD Single|publisher = Sony BMG|publisherid= 88697175622}}</ref> and produced by Tedder for [[Leona Lewis]]' debut album, ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'',<ref name="popjustice">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Basically a press release presented as "news"|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1492&Itemid=9|publisher=Popjustice|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> on which it is the [[opening track]]. The song is the album's first single (Lewis's official second single following "[[A Moment like This]]") released in the United Kingdom and the [[Republic of Ireland]] in October 2007.<ref name="hear">{{cite news|title=Hear Bleeding Love!|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Pages/NewsList.aspx?pageName=news&NewsID=39|date=[[14 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref> The single was released digitally in December 2007 in the [[United States]], and worldwide between December 2007 and April 2008 (see [[#Release history|release history]]). "Bleeding Love" became the best selling single of 2007 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]],<ref name="winehouseandlewis">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm|title= Winehouse and Lewis head charts|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> and has so far reached number one in the singles and airplay charts in over twenty-eight countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.

==Promotion==
The song's first radio play was on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[BBC Radio 1#Chart Show|Chart Show]] on [[16 September]] [[2007]],<ref name="hear"/> and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger [[Perez Hilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/?p=5595|title=At Long Last… Leona Has Arrived!|publisher=[[Perez Hilton]]|date=[[16 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> It is reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=18416899&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965|title=Leona set for success?|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=[[20 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> The song was also [[Scott Mills]]' record of the week from Monday [[24 September]] to Friday [[28 September]].<ref>{{cite news|title=X-Factor winner releases album|url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.1718276.0.xfactor_winner_releases_album.php|publisher=Penarth Times|date=[[28 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on [[11 October|11]] and [[12 October]] [[2007]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Regional radio tour|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7024/|publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[10 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> This was followed by an appearance on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'' on [[15 October]]. Lewis performed the song live on the [[The X Factor (UK series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' on [[20 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-leona-lewis-will-perform-on-first-live-show/|publisher=Unreality TV|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]], [[GMTV]] and ''[[Loose Women]]''.

Lewis also performed the song at the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] on [[29 February]] [[2008]], and on [[Germany|German]] entertainment show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on [[1 March]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/leona-lewis-keeps-you-updated/4481|title=LEONA LEWIS keeps you updated|publisher=Berlinista|date=[[2008-02-29]]|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lewis made her US television debut on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', on [[17 March]] [[2008]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article886094.ece|title=Leona to be an Oprah singer|publisher=''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''|date=[[2008-03-07]]|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> where she performed "Bleeding Love". She has also sung on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on [[4 April]] [[2008]], ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'' on [[8 April]] [[2008]], ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on [[11 april]] [[2008]] and ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on [[17 April]] [[2008]]. Lewis performed the song live on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh series]] of ''[[American Idol]]'' on Wednesday 23 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/03/leona-lewis-to-crack-us/|title=Leona Lewis To Crack US|publisher=Product Reviews|date=[[2008-01-03]]|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref> It has been confirmed that Lewis will perform "Bleeding Love" on the semi-finals of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' on [[13 May]] [[2008]].

==Reception==
Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/09/17/leona-lewis-is-back-with-bleeding-love/|title=Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love"|publisher=Showbiz Spy|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an ''X Factor'' star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' ''X Factor'' fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78023/leona-lewis-bleeding-love.html|title=Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref> It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on [[31 December]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81940/digital-spys-top-20-singles-of-2007.html |title=Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=[[2007-12-31]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

However, [[BBC America]]'s reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s [[Mariah Carey]] album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the [[nightclub|club]], too fast for the [[foxtrot]]. Actually, with its [[marching band]] drum beat, it sounds as much like [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those [[melisma|vocal acrobatics]] that have historically plagued [[Christina Aguilera]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=561|title=Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i5852afde016b362423c937d1e69c8a7c|title=Bleeding Love: Leona Lewis|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/grading_the_itu.php|title=Grading The iTunes Hits|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Tom|last=Breihan|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>

===Awards===
In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name="Record of the Year">{{cite web |url=http://www.roty.tv/|title=Record Of The Year |publisher=roty.tv |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and the award for Best Track in the [[Virgin Media]] Music Awards 2007.<ref name="virginmediaaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=2|title=Best Track: Leona Lewis| publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>

In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the [[2008 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/602/|title=Leona, Mika & Take That Lead UK Nominations For 2008|publisher=Brit Awards|date=[[2008-01-14]]|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Although the award was won by [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes.

==Chart performance==
It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on [[28 October]] [[2007]] at number one.<ref name="storms"/><ref name="acharts"/> With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from ''The X Factor'' to achieve two UK number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008942264|title=Leona's Single Has "The X-Factor"|publisher=All News Headlines|first=Sally|last=Grover|date=[[2007-10-25]]|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> Its seven week run at number one was also the longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history.

In [[Australia]] it debuted at number nine on the [[ARIA Charts]] on [[24 December]] [[2007]]. Four weeks later, it knocked [[OneRepublic]]'s "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" off the number one position on the Digital Track chart. On [[21 January]] [[2008]], Lewis became the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] since [[Sandi Thom]]'s "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" in early 2007. On [[10 February]] [[2008]], the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50|title=Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=[[2008-02-11]]|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>

In [[New Zealand]], Leona became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since [[Jamelia]]'s Superstar topped the chart in February 2004, (the [[Sugababes]] topped the chart in January 2006, being the last British females to top the chart).

The single debuted at number one in the [[Irish Singles Chart]], where it remained for eight weeks.<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="irishchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 50 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> It also debuted at number one in [[Austria]] and [[Germany]], staying there for four weeks in Germany and six so far in Austria.<ref name="acharts"/> In the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand]] charts, it topped the chart for five weeks.<ref>http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref> It also reached number one in [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref>

"Bleeding Love" also entered both the [[UK Official Download Chart]] and the [[Irish Downloads Chart]] at number one.<ref name="ukdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.co.uk/top40_downloads_last.php?week=3&end=28/10/2007%20-%2003/11/2007|title=TOP 40 DOWNLOADS ARCHIVE :: WEEK 44 : 28/10/2007 - 03/11/2007|publisher=[[The Official UK Charts Company]]|accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref><ref name="irishdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240006&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 20 DOWNLOADS, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> The B-side, "Forgiveness", reached number 46 in the UK Singles Chart, and 39 in the Irish Singles Chart, due to download sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/28960|title=Leona Lewis - Forgiveness|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref>

In the [[United World Chart]], the song entered at number 11 on [[10 November]] [[2007]] with 176,000 points, being named "Hot Shot Debut" of the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 45 / 2007 - November 10|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The second week it dropped to number 15 with 137,000 points<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 46 / 2007 - November 17|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-17]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and in the third week it was at number 20 with 122,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 47 / 2007 - November 24|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-24]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then moved out of the top 20, gaining 113,000 points at number 22<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 48 / 2007 - December 1|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-01]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and 101,000 points at number 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 49 / 2007 - December 8|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> Its decline continued the next week, with a chart position of 30 and 85,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 50 / 2007 - December 15|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-15]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the seventh and eighth weeks on the chart, it climbed to numbers 21 and 18, receiving 102,000 and 116,000 points respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 51 / 2007 - December 22|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-22]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 52 / 2007 - December 29|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-29]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the first chart of 2008, it had climbed back to its entry position of 11, with 143,000 points and being named the "Largest Points Increase" for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 1 / 2008 - January 5|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then got 158,000 points and dropped back down to 15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 2 / 2008 - January 12|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-12]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and the following week climbed to 12 with 151,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 3 / 2008 - January 19|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-19]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The next week, on [[26 January]], it achieved its highest chart position to date, number 9 with 148,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 4 / 2008 - January 26|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-26]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The following week it climbed again to number 5 with 196,000 points, the largest points increase for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 5 / 2008 - February 2|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-02]]|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> The following week the single climbed to number 4 with 210,000 points, and the next week, "Bleeding Love" achieved 236,000 points, surpassing the 2 million points mark, retaining its position at number 4 in the United World Chart, with the largest points increase for that week, and earning platinum status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm|title=
United World Chart Tracks week 7 / 2008 - February 16|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> The song overtook "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] to become the #1 single on the chart.

In the [[United States]], the single's digital release on [[December 18]], [[2007]], led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689702|title=Ask Billboard|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=[[2007-12-28]]|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> As the song was added to song rotations throughout the U.S., increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 11 on the charting week of [[16 February]], [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3091539&cdi=9667806&cid=02%2F16%2F2008|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Bleeding Love Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 16 2008|publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The subsequent two weeks pushed the song up the charts, officially debuting on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] on the charting week of [[1 March]] [[2008]] at number 85.<ref name="acharts"/> The song has become Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, reaching #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]],<ref name="acharts"/>, and has also peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard.com - Charts - Singles - Pop 100]</ref> and #1 on the [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref>[http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65345&st=0&#entry1812226 US Billboard Digital Chart - BuzzJack Music Forum]</ref><ref name="billboard"/> This makes Lewis only the third female artist from the U.K. to ever have a number one hit on the Hot 100 with her first single, following [[Petula Clark]] with "[[Downtown (song)|Downtown]]" in [[1965]] and [[Sheena Easton]] with "[[Morning Train (Nine to Five)]]" in [[1981]].<ref name="billboard chart beat">{{citeweb|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|title=Top of the World |publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-03-27]]|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> In addition it is also the first U.S. number one song (debut or not) by a solo British female since [[Kim Wilde]]'s "[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" more than 20 years prior.<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts The Times 27 March, 2008]</ref> The song had sold a total of 1,147,964 in U.S. digital downloads.<ref>http://www.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38731&page=524</ref> It also jumped to number one in Canada in the same week. In the U.S., "Bleeding Love" reached number one for a week, before slipping to number four, rising to number two the next week, and then returning to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, before being suceeded by [[Lil Wayne]]'s "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]", altough "Bleeding Love" is again the [[iTunes|U.S. iTunes]] most popular song and remains number one on the Pop 100. This coincided with the parent album ''Spirit'' debuting at number one on the Billboard 100, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to top the ''Billboard'' albums and singles simultaneously.

In [[Canada]], the song reached number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] dated [[April 5]], [[2008]]. This was the first time a non-North American act has ever reached number one on the chart since it's establishment.

"Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8547/10/|title=Airplay chart |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-13]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[France]],<ref name="frenchairplay">{{cite web|url=http://charly1300.site.voila.fr/top100france.htm|title=Top 100 Airplay France|date=[[2008-03-09]]|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> [[Australia]],<ref name="queenofoz">{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8470/15/|title=The Queen of Oz! |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-04]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[New Zealand]], [[Croatia]],<ref name="croatia"/> [[Slovenia]],<ref name="euro"/> [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="luxembourg"/> [[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvia]],<ref name="latvia"/> [[Slovakia]]<ref name="slovakia"/> [[Latin America]],<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved [[April 3]] [[2008]].</ref> [[Estonia]]<ref name="EST"/> and [[Japan]].<ref name="Japan Airplay" /> In the [[Greece|Greek]] Airplay Chart, it reached number two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/euro/Greece.asp|title=Greece Top 20 Chart|date=[[2008-01-29]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>

==Sales performance==
"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on [[22 October]] [[2007]], when it sold over 66,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/24102007/364/lewis-smash-fastest-selling-single-record.html&e=l_news_dm|title=Yahoo Music News|publisher=[[Yahoo Music]]|date=[[24th October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref> and topped the UK [[iTunes Store]] chart.<ref name="racetotop"/> It was reported to be outselling [[Take That]]'s "[[Rule the World]]" by three-to-one in chain store [[Woolworths Group PLC|Woolworths]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article.aspx?articleid=2765&title=The+9+O'Clock+News+%E2%80%93+Tues+23+Oct|title=The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct|publisher=[[heat (magazine)|heatworld.com]]|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> and [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Gimme More]]" by ten-to-one.<ref name="racetotop">{{cite news|title=X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top spot|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=489284&in_page_id=1773|publisher=''Daily Mail''|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday [[25 October]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article389283.ece|title=Leona and TT chart race over|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[26 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday [[26 October]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm going to find the new McFly!|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/19340/I-m-going-to-find-the-new-McFly-/|publisher=''[[Daily Star]]''|date=[[27 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five singles combined.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/leona-lewis-breaks-first-week-record-235.html|title=Leona Lewis Breaks First Week Record|publisher=Musicrooms|date=[[29 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref><ref name="storms">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis storms singles chart|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=[[28 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona helps smash download record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[31 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref>

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles beat Britney to number one |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077856.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[4 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis holds onto the top spot|url=http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=40268|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=[[11 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/28956 |title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Music Charts |work=aCharts.us |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.<ref name="winehouseandlewis"/> "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on [[9 November]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33059|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2007-11-09]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> and platinum on [[18 January]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33133|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2008-01-18]]|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.<ref name="acharts"/>

As of Thursday 24th April 2008 the single has has been certified Gold and Platinum in the US.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/singles.jsp Billboard RIAA Single Certifications]</ref>

==Music videos==
[[Image:Bleeding Love (video).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lewis in the music video for "Bleeding Love", wearing a £100,000 Dolce & Gabbana crystal-encrusted dress.]]
There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by [[Melina (director)|Melina]] and was filmed in Los Angeles.<ref name="videoshoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Blogs/DisplayBlog.aspx?BlogID=26|title=Bleeding Love video shoot|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="dressedtothrill">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/view/17103/Leona-s-dressed-to-thrill/|title=Leona's Dressed To Thrill|publisher=''Daily Star''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> It is set in an apartment block and features six storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona's new vid is X-rated|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007450782,00.html|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}} {{Dead link|date=February 2008}}</ref> Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."<ref name="videoshoot"/> Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'', saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love.

For the video, Lewis wore a [[pound sterling|£]]100,000 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed {{convert|40|lb|kg|lk=on}},<ref name="dressedtothrill"/><ref name="Leona glams up for vid">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/03/ooh-la-la-89520-19885710/|title=Leona glams up for vid|publisher=''The Mirror''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}}</ref> and reportedly had an entourage of 150 people on set, including five stylists flown out from the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/01/leona-s-diva-demands-89520-19874125/|title=Leona's diva demands|publisher=''The Daily Mirror''|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-02}}</ref> The same dress was later worn by [[Victoria Beckham]] in the video for the [[Spice Girls]] charity single "[[Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=236659672&p=z3666x378|title=Leona Lewis inspires Beckham and Parker|publisher=IrelandOn-Line|date=[[2007-11-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref>

The video first aired on [[17 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleeding Love video|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7041/|publisher=[[RCA Label Group]]|date=[[17 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website [[YouTube]] the same day. As of [[30th April]] [[2008]] it has garnered over 47 million views on [[YouTube]], making it the 10th most viewed video of all time.

Lewis filmed a second video in [[New York City]] for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video was written by [[Ryan Tedder]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Tedder's Back-up plan|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5460153.html|publisher=Chron|date=[[2008-01-16]]|accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> It was directed by Jesse Terrero.<ref name="NY Video">{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (NY Video)|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/terrero_films/index.html|publisher=Video Static|date=[[2007-12-20]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> The video premiered in the United States on [[29 January]] [[2008]] on [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=56495905&stationId=&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Far-37956508-videos--Leona-Lewis|title=Bleeding Love video|publisher=Yahoo! Music|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was uploaded to YouTube on [[30 January]] [[2008]]. Its television debut was on [[4 February]] [[2008]] on [[VH1]] as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.<ref name="usrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2008/0004744196&EDATE=|title=U.K. Singer and Songwriter Leona Lewis to Release Debut Album Spirit in the U.S. on April 8th|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
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*'''CD single''' (88697175622)
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) ([[Ryan Tedder]], Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis Bleeding Love|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/releases/594/|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> ([[Kara DioGuardi]], Leona Lewis, [[Salaam Remi]])<ref name="notes"/> — 4:26

*'''Maxi single''' (88697222422)<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Song)|publisher=SwissCharts.com|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
#"[[A Moment like This]]" ([[Jörgen Elofsson]], John Reid) — 4:17
#"Bleeding Love" (video)

*'''U.S. CD Promotional Single''' (88697218242)<ref>[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=426587 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (426587)]</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10

*'''U.S. digital CD single''' (886972980522)<ref name="Single available at Target Stores">{{cite web|title=Single available at Target Stores|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/index.php/international/us}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21

==Remixes==
Several official dance remixes have been commissioned for the song, which are played in clubs and on dance radio.
*"Bleeding Love" ([[Jason Nevins]] Original Radio Mix) - 3:40
*"Bleeding Love" (Jason Nevins Extended Mix) - 5:56
*"Bleeding Love" (Kings of Soul Bleedin Vocal Mix) - 7:30
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Radio Edit) - 3:43
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - 8:42
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Dub) - 8:36
*"Bleeding Love" (Shapeshifters Vocal Mix) - 8:23
*"Bleeding Love" (Shapeshifters Nocturnal Dub) - 6:27

==Credits and personnel==
*Lead [[vocals]] – Leona Lewis
*[[Audio mixing]] – Phil Tan
*[[Recording engineer]] – [[Ryan Tedder]]
*Assistant recording engineers – Nate Hertweck and Craig Durrance
*[[Record producer|Producer]] – Ryan Tedder
*All instruments – Ryan Tedder
*Programming – Ryan Tedder
*[[String instrument|String]] arrangement – Ryan Tedder
*Recorded at:
**Mansfield Studios, [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
**[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
**Encore Studios, [[Burbank, California]]
==Jesse McCartney's/Original Version==
[[Jesse McCartney]]'s version of the song (also known as the original version) will be included as a bonus track on some editions of his upcoming third album "[[Departure]]". The song was originally recorded by McCartney but felt the song didn't fit in with the rest of the album and was scrapped. Music mogul [[Clive Davis]] later discovered the song from [[Ryan Tedder]] (co-writter and producer of the song) and gave it to Lewis. McCartney's version was leaked in full (low quality) on April 29, 2008.

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| [[19 October]] [[2007]]
| [[Syco Records|Syco Music]]
| [[CD]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="hear"/>
| [[21 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| [[Digital download]]
|-
| [[22 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| CD
|-
| [[New Zealand]]
| [[3 December]] [[2007]]
| [[Sony BMG]]
| CD
|-
| [[Sweden]]
| [[6 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis New Single + Video 'Bleeding Love' Is Here!|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005243|publisher=Sony BMG Australia|date=[[2007-12-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>
| [[15 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266450354&s=143441&i=266450376|title=Bleeding Love - Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (USA)|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref>
| [[18 December]] [[2007]]
| [[J Records]]
| Digital download
|-
| [[18 March]] [[2008]]
| [[J Records]]
| CD
|-
|[[Italy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetbookshop.it/disco/0886971756227/leona-lewis/bleeding-love.html?shop=2057|publisher=Internet Bookshop|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | [[11 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Germany]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=827988&product=88697175622e|title=Bleeding Love|accessdate=2008-01-27|language=German}}</ref>
| Sony BMG
| CD, maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Switzerland]]<ref name="swisscharts"/>
| Syco
| CD, maxi CD
|-
| [[Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title=LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.hk|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[23 January]] [[2008]]
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.sg/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title= LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.sg|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Austria]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[25 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweb.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/nederland-get-ready-for-leona-lewis|title=Nederland, get ready for Leona Lewis!|language=Dutch|publisher=NewsWeb|date=[[2007-12-13]]|accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref>
| [[28 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Japan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmgjapan.com/leonalewis/info.php?id=2333|title=Leona Lewis <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=Japanese|publisher=[[BMG Japan]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
| [[13 February]] [[2008]] [[9 April]] [[2008]]
| [[BMG Japan]]
| digital download
|-
| [[France]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[3 March]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[Australian]] [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"| [[Austrian]] [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Ö3 Top 40]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 50 (Flanders)<ref name="belgium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 40 (Wallonia)<ref name="belgium"/>
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Hot100Brasil|Brazilian Hot 100]]<ref>http://www.hot100brasil.com/chtsinglesb.html</ref>
|align="center"|43
|-
|align="left"|[[Bulgarian National Top 40]]<ref>[http://euro200.eu.mialias.net/BulNtop-40.htm Bulgarian National Top 40]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Canadian+Hot+100&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles|title=Canadian Hot 100|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=''Billboard''}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Croatia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="croatia">{{cite web |url=http://ehot50.blog.hr/2008/01/index.html|title=e!Hot50 Singles |accessdate=2008-01-03 |work=e!Hot50|language=Croatian}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Czech Republic|Czech]] Airplay Top100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=145622&sec=abe19d27a5213e3e54ec6bae1ca17b76|language=Czech|title= RADIO TOP100 Oficiální|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Denmark|Danish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Netherlands|Dutch]] Single Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis|title=Discografie: Leona Lewis|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Estonia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="EST">{{cite web|url=http://www.u-pop.ee/top/muusika/324|title=Eesti Top 40 - Estonia|accessdate=2008-01-08|language=Estonian}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Euro 200]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles|title=European Hot 100 Singles|publisher=[[Billboard.com]]|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Finland|Finnish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Singles Chart<ref name="french">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/top50/sgl0812.stm|title=Top 50 Singles France|language=French|publisher=IFOP|date=[[2008-03-26]]|accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Digital Chart<ref name="French Digital">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/topteletitres/tlt0812.stm|title=Top 50 Digital Download France|language=French|publisher=IFOP|date=[[2008-03-22]]|accessdate=2008-04-04}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Germany|German]] [[Top100 Singles]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Greece|Greek]] Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher[[IFPI]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Hungary|Hungarian]] Airplay Chart<ref name="hungary">{{cite web |url=http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=radios_top_40|title=Mahasz archive|language=Hungarian|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Italy|Italian]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s Italiancharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan]]ese Billboard Hot 100<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/top.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Japanese Billboard Hot 100 Airplay<ref name="Japan Airplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Latin America]]n International Airplay Chart<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved [[April 3]] [[2008]].</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvian Airplay Top 50]]<ref name="latvia">{{cite web |url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2007/071216lv.html |title=Latvian Airplay Top |accessdate=2007-12-21 |work=Lanet.lv |date=[[16 December]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand]] [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[VG-lista]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Polish National Top 50]]<ref name="poland">{{cite web|url=http://euro200.eu.mialias.net/Polish-Top50.htm|title=Polish National Top 50|date=[[2008-02-17]]|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Portugal|Portuguese]] Top 50 National Sales<ref>[http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52387 Bleeding Love Peak Positions in official sales charts]</ref>
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==See also==
*[[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)]]

==References==
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Bleeding Love

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Bleeding Love
| Cover = LeonaSingle-250.jpg
| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]]
| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]
| B-side = "Forgiveness"
| Released = {{Start date|2007|10|19|df=yes}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:01 (radio edit) 4:21 (album version)
| Label = [[Sony BMG]], [[Syco]]
| Writer = [[Ryan Tedder]] [[Jesse McCartney]]
| Producer = Ryan Tedder
| Certification = Platinum ([[RIAA]], [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart|ARIA]], [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], [[IFPI]], [[RIANZ]]) Gold (Belgium)
| Last single = "[[A Moment Like This]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Bleeding Love'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Better in Time]]"/"[[Footprints in the Sand (song)|Footprints in the Sand]]" (2008)
}}

"'''Bleeding Love'''" is a [[pop music|pop]]–[[contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]] written by [[Ryan Tedder]] and [[Jesse McCartney]]<ref name="notes">{{cite album-notes|title= Bleeding Love|bandname = Leona Lewis|year = 2007 |format = CD Single|publisher = Sony BMG|publisherid= 88697175622}}</ref> and produced by Tedder for [[Leona Lewis]]' debut album, ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'',<ref name="popjustice">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Basically a press release presented as "news"|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1492&Itemid=9|publisher=Popjustice|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> on which it is the [[opening track]]. The song is the album's first single (Lewis's official second single following "[[A Moment like This]]") released in the United Kingdom and the [[Republic of Ireland]] in October 2007.<ref name="hear">{{cite news|title=Hear Bleeding Love!|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Pages/NewsList.aspx?pageName=news&NewsID=39|date=[[14 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref> The single was released digitally in December 2007 in the [[United States]], and worldwide between December 2007 and March 2008 (see [[#Release history|release history]]). "Bleeding Love" became the best selling single of 2007 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]],<ref name="winehouseandlewis">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm|title= Winehouse and Lewis head charts|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> and has so far reached number one in the singles and airplay charts in over twenty-eight countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.

==Promotion==
The song's first radio play was on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[BBC Radio 1#Chart Show|Chart Show]] on [[16 September]] [[2007]],<ref name="hear"/> and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger [[Perez Hilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/?p=5595|title=At Long Last… Leona Has Arrived!|publisher=[[Perez Hilton]]|date=[[16 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> It is reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=18416899&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965|title=Leona set for success?|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=[[20 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> The song was also [[Scott Mills]]' record of the week from Monday [[24 September]] to Friday [[28 September]].<ref>{{cite news|title=X-Factor winner releases album|url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.1718276.0.xfactor_winner_releases_album.php|publisher=Penarth Times|date=[[28 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on [[11 October|11]] and [[12 October]] [[2007]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Regional radio tour|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7024/|publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[10 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> This was followed by an appearance on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'' on [[15 October]]. Lewis performed the song live on the [[The X Factor (UK series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' on [[20 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-leona-lewis-will-perform-on-first-live-show/|publisher=Unreality TV|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]], [[GMTV]] and ''[[Loose Women]]''.

Lewis also performed the song at the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] on [[29 February]] [[2008]], and on [[Germany|German]] entertainment show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on [[1 March]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/leona-lewis-keeps-you-updated/4481|title=LEONA LEWIS keeps you updated|publisher=Berlinista|date=[[2008-02-29]]|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lewis made her US television debut on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', on [[17 March]] [[2008]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article886094.ece|title=Leona to be an Oprah singer|publisher=''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''|date=[[2008-03-07]]|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> where she performed "Bleeding Love". She has also sung on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on [[4 April]] [[2008]], ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'' on [[8 April]] [[2008]], ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on [[11 april]] [[2008]] and ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on [[17 April]] [[2008]]. Lewis performed the song live on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh series]] of ''[[American Idol]]'' on Wednesday 23 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/03/leona-lewis-to-crack-us/|title=Leona Lewis To Crack US|publisher=Product Reviews|date=[[2008-01-03]]|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref> It has been confirmed that Lewis will perform "Bleeding Love" on the semi-finals of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' on [[13 May]] [[2008]].

==Reception==
Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/09/17/leona-lewis-is-back-with-bleeding-love/|title=Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love"|publisher=Showbiz Spy|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an ''X Factor'' star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' ''X Factor'' fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78023/leona-lewis-bleeding-love.html|title=Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref> It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on [[31 December]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81940/digital-spys-top-20-singles-of-2007.html |title=Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=[[2007-12-31]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

However, [[BBC America]]'s reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s [[Mariah Carey]] album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the [[nightclub|club]], too fast for the [[foxtrot]]. Actually, with its [[marching band]] drum beat, it sounds as much like [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those [[melisma|vocal acrobatics]] that have historically plagued [[Christina Aguilera]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=561|title=Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i5852afde016b362423c937d1e69c8a7c|title=Bleeding Love: Leona Lewis|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/grading_the_itu.php|title=Grading The iTunes Hits|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Tom|last=Breihan|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>

===Awards===
In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name="Record of the Year">{{cite web |url=http://www.roty.tv/|title=Record Of The Year |publisher=roty.tv |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and the award for Best Track in the [[Virgin Media]] Music Awards 2007.<ref name="virginmediaaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=2|title=Best Track: Leona Lewis| publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>

In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the [[2008 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/602/|title=Leona, Mika & Take That Lead UK Nominations For 2008|publisher=Brit Awards|date=[[2008-01-14]]|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Although the award was won by [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes.

==Chart performance==
It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on [[28 October]] [[2007]] at number one.<ref name="storms"/><ref name="acharts"/> With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from ''The X Factor'' to achieve two UK number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008942264|title=Leona's Single Has "The X-Factor"|publisher=All News Headlines|first=Sally|last=Grover|date=[[2007-10-25]]|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> Its seven week run at number one was also the longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history.

In [[Australia]] it debuted at number nine on the [[ARIA Charts]] on [[24 December]] [[2007]]. Four weeks later, it knocked [[OneRepublic]]'s "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" off the number one position on the Digital Track chart. On [[21 January]] [[2008]], Lewis became the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] since [[Sandi Thom]]'s "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" in early 2007. On [[10 February]] [[2008]], the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50|title=Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=[[2008-02-11]]|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>

In [[New Zealand]], Leona became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since [[Jamelia]]'s Superstar topped the chart in February 2004, (the [[Sugababes]] topped the chart in January 2006, being the last British females to top the chart).

The single debuted at number one in the [[Irish Singles Chart]], where it remained for eight weeks.<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="irishchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 50 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> It also debuted at number one in [[Austria]] and [[Germany]], staying there for four weeks in Germany and six so far in Austria.<ref name="acharts"/> In the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand]] charts, it topped the chart for five weeks.<ref>http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref> It also reached number one in [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref>

"Bleeding Love" also entered both the [[UK Official Download Chart]] and the [[Irish Downloads Chart]] at number one.<ref name="ukdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.co.uk/top40_downloads_last.php?week=3&end=28/10/2007%20-%2003/11/2007|title=TOP 40 DOWNLOADS ARCHIVE :: WEEK 44 : 28/10/2007 - 03/11/2007|publisher=[[The Official UK Charts Company]]|accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref><ref name="irishdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240006&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 20 DOWNLOADS, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> The B-side, "Forgiveness", reached number 46 in the UK Singles Chart, and 39 in the Irish Singles Chart, due to download sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/28960|title=Leona Lewis - Forgiveness|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref>

In the [[United World Chart]], the song entered at number 11 on [[10 November]] [[2007]] with 176,000 points, being named "Hot Shot Debut" of the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 45 / 2007 - November 10|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The second week it dropped to number 15 with 137,000 points<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 46 / 2007 - November 17|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-17]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and in the third week it was at number 20 with 122,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 47 / 2007 - November 24|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-24]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then moved out of the top 20, gaining 113,000 points at number 22<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 48 / 2007 - December 1|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-01]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and 101,000 points at number 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 49 / 2007 - December 8|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> Its decline continued the next week, with a chart position of 30 and 85,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 50 / 2007 - December 15|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-15]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the seventh and eighth weeks on the chart, it climbed to numbers 21 and 18, receiving 102,000 and 116,000 points respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 51 / 2007 - December 22|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-22]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 52 / 2007 - December 29|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-29]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the first chart of 2008, it had climbed back to its entry position of 11, with 143,000 points and being named the "Largest Points Increase" for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 1 / 2008 - January 5|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then got 158,000 points and dropped back down to 15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 2 / 2008 - January 12|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-12]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and the following week climbed to 12 with 151,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 3 / 2008 - January 19|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-19]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The next week, on [[26 January]], it achieved its highest chart position to date, number 9 with 148,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 4 / 2008 - January 26|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-26]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The following week it climbed again to number 5 with 196,000 points, the largest points increase for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 5 / 2008 - February 2|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-02]]|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> The following week the single climbed to number 4 with 210,000 points, and the next week, "Bleeding Love" achieved 236,000 points, surpassing the 2 million points mark, retaining its position at number 4 in the United World Chart, with the largest points increase for that week, and earning platinum status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm|title=
United World Chart Tracks week 7 / 2008 - February 16|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> The song overtook "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] to become the #1 single on the chart.

In the [[United States]], the single's digital release on [[December 18]], [[2007]], led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689702|title=Ask Billboard|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=[[2007-12-28]]|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> As the song was added to song rotations throughout the U.S., increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 11 on the charting week of [[16 February]], [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3091539&cdi=9667806&cid=02%2F16%2F2008|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Bleeding Love Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 16 2008|publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The subsequent two weeks pushed the song up the charts, officially debuting on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] on the charting week of [[1 March]] [[2008]] at number 85.<ref name="acharts"/> The song has become Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, reaching #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]],<ref name="acharts"/>, and has also peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard.com - Charts - Singles - Pop 100]</ref> and #1 on the [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref>[http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65345&st=0&#entry1812226 US Billboard Digital Chart - BuzzJack Music Forum]</ref><ref name="billboard"/> This makes Lewis only the third female artist from the U.K. to ever have a number one hit on the Hot 100 with her first single, following [[Petula Clark]] with "[[Downtown (song)|Downtown]]" in [[1965]] and [[Sheena Easton]] with "[[Morning Train (Nine to Five)]]" in [[1981]].<ref name="billboard chart beat">{{citeweb|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|title=Top of the World |publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-03-27]]|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> In addition it is also the first U.S. number one song (debut or not) by a solo British female since [[Kim Wilde]]'s "[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" more than 20 years prior.<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts The Times 27 March, 2008]</ref> The song had sold a total of 1,147,964 in U.S. digital downloads.<ref>http://www.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38731&page=524</ref> It also jumped to number one in Canada in the same week. In the U.S., "Bleeding Love" reached number one for a week, before slipping to number four, rising to number two the next week, and then returning to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, before being suceeded by [[Lil Wayne]]'s "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]", altough "Bleeding Love" is again the [[iTunes|U.S. iTunes]] most popular song and remains number one on the Pop 100. This coincided with the parent album ''Spirit'' debuting at number one on the Billboard 100, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to top the ''Billboard'' albums and singles simultaneously.

In [[Canada]], the song reached number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] dated [[April 5]], [[2008]]. This was the first time a non-North American act has ever reached number one on the chart since it's establishment.

"Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8547/10/|title=Airplay chart |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-13]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[France]],<ref name="frenchairplay">{{cite web|url=http://charly1300.site.voila.fr/top100france.htm|title=Top 100 Airplay France|date=[[2008-03-09]]|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> [[Australia]],<ref name="queenofoz">{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8470/15/|title=The Queen of Oz! |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-04]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[New Zealand]], [[Croatia]],<ref name="croatia"/> [[Slovenia]],<ref name="euro"/> [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="luxembourg"/> [[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvia]],<ref name="latvia"/> [[Slovakia]]<ref name="slovakia"/> [[Latin America]]<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved [[April 3]] [[2008]].</ref> and [[Estonia]].<ref name="EST"/> In the [[Greece|Greek]] Airplay Chart, it reached number two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/euro/Greece.asp|title=Greece Top 20 Chart|date=[[2008-01-29]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>

==Sales performance==
"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on [[22 October]] [[2007]], when it sold over 66,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/24102007/364/lewis-smash-fastest-selling-single-record.html&e=l_news_dm|title=Yahoo Music News|publisher=[[Yahoo Music]]|date=[[24th October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref> and topped the UK [[iTunes Store]] chart.<ref name="racetotop"/> It was reported to be outselling [[Take That]]'s "[[Rule the World]]" by three-to-one in chain store [[Woolworths Group PLC|Woolworths]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article.aspx?articleid=2765&title=The+9+O'Clock+News+%E2%80%93+Tues+23+Oct|title=The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct|publisher=[[heat (magazine)|heatworld.com]]|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> and [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Gimme More]]" by ten-to-one.<ref name="racetotop">{{cite news|title=X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top spot|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=489284&in_page_id=1773|publisher=''Daily Mail''|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday [[25 October]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article389283.ece|title=Leona and TT chart race over|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[26 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday [[26 October]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm going to find the new McFly!|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/19340/I-m-going-to-find-the-new-McFly-/|publisher=''[[Daily Star]]''|date=[[27 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five singles combined.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/leona-lewis-breaks-first-week-record-235.html|title=Leona Lewis Breaks First Week Record|publisher=Musicrooms|date=[[29 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref><ref name="storms">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis storms singles chart|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=[[28 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona helps smash download record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[31 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref>

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles beat Britney to number one |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077856.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[4 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis holds onto the top spot|url=http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=40268|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=[[11 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/28956 |title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Music Charts |work=aCharts.us |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.<ref name="winehouseandlewis"/> "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on [[9 November]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33059|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2007-11-09]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> and platinum on [[18 January]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33133|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2008-01-18]]|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.<ref name="acharts"/>

As of Thursday 24th April 2008 the single has has been certified Gold and Platinum in the US.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/singles.jsp Billboard RIAA Single Certifications]</ref>

==Music videos==
[[Image:Bleeding Love (video).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lewis in the music video for "Bleeding Love", wearing a £100,000 Dolce & Gabbana crystal-encrusted dress.]]
There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by [[Melina (director)|Melina]] and was filmed in Los Angeles.<ref name="videoshoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Blogs/DisplayBlog.aspx?BlogID=26|title=Bleeding Love video shoot|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="dressedtothrill">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/view/17103/Leona-s-dressed-to-thrill/|title=Leona's Dressed To Thrill|publisher=''Daily Star''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> It is set in an apartment block and features six storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona's new vid is X-rated|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007450782,00.html|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}} {{Dead link|date=February 2008}}</ref> Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."<ref name="videoshoot"/> Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'', saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love.

For the video, Lewis wore a [[pound sterling|£]]100,000 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed {{convert|40|lb|kg|lk=on}},<ref name="dressedtothrill"/><ref name="Leona glams up for vid">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/03/ooh-la-la-89520-19885710/|title=Leona glams up for vid|publisher=''The Mirror''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}}</ref> and reportedly had an entourage of 150 people on set, including five stylists flown out from the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/01/leona-s-diva-demands-89520-19874125/|title=Leona's diva demands|publisher=''The Daily Mirror''|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-02}}</ref> The same dress was later worn by [[Victoria Beckham]] in the video for the [[Spice Girls]] charity single "[[Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=236659672&p=z3666x378|title=Leona Lewis inspires Beckham and Parker|publisher=IrelandOn-Line|date=[[2007-11-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref>

The video first aired on [[17 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleeding Love video|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7041/|publisher=[[RCA Label Group]]|date=[[17 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website [[YouTube]] the same day. As of [[30th April]] [[2008]] it has garnered over 47 million views on [[YouTube]], making it the 10th most viewed video of all time.

Lewis filmed a second video in [[New York City]] for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video was written by [[Ryan Tedder]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Tedder's Back-up plan|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5460153.html|publisher=Chron|date=[[2008-01-16]]|accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> It was directed by Jesse Terrero.<ref name="NY Video">{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (NY Video)|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/terrero_films/index.html|publisher=Video Static|date=[[2007-12-20]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> The video premiered in the United States on [[29 January]] [[2008]] on [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=56495905&stationId=&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Far-37956508-videos--Leona-Lewis|title=Bleeding Love video|publisher=Yahoo! Music|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was uploaded to YouTube on [[30 January]] [[2008]]. Its television debut was on [[4 February]] [[2008]] on [[VH1]] as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.<ref name="usrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2008/0004744196&EDATE=|title=U.K. Singer and Songwriter Leona Lewis to Release Debut Album Spirit in the U.S. on April 8th|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
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*'''CD single''' (88697175622)
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) ([[Ryan Tedder]], Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis Bleeding Love|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/releases/594/|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> ([[Kara DioGuardi]], Leona Lewis, [[Salaam Remi]])<ref name="notes"/> — 4:26

*'''Maxi single''' (88697222422)<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Song)|publisher=SwissCharts.com|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
#"[[A Moment like This]]" ([[Jörgen Elofsson]], John Reid) — 4:17
#"Bleeding Love" (video)

*'''U.S. CD Promotional Single''' (88697218242)<ref>[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=426587 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (426587)]</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10

*'''U.S. digital CD single''' (886972980522)<ref name="Single available at Target Stores">{{cite web|title=Single available at Target Stores|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/index.php/international/us}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21

==Remixes==
Several official dance remixes have been commissioned for the song, which are played in clubs and on dance radio.
*"Bleeding Love" ([[Jason Nevins]] Original Radio Mix) - 3:40
*"Bleeding Love" (Jason Nevins Extended Mix) - 5:56
*"Bleeding Love" (Kings of Soul Bleedin Vocal Mix) - 7:30
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Radio Edit) - 3:43
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - 8:42
*"Bleeding Love" (Moto Blanco Dub) - 8:36
*"Bleeding Love" (Shapeshifters Vocal Mix) - 8:23
*"Bleeding Love" (Shapeshifters Nocturnal Dub) - 6:27

==Credits and personnel==
*Lead [[vocals]] – Leona Lewis
*[[Audio mixing]] – Phil Tan
*[[Recording engineer]] – [[Ryan Tedder]]
*Assistant recording engineers – Nate Hertweck and Craig Durrance
*[[Record producer|Producer]] – Ryan Tedder
*All instruments – Ryan Tedder
*Programming – Ryan Tedder
*[[String instrument|String]] arrangement – Ryan Tedder
*Recorded at:
**Mansfield Studios, [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
**[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
**Encore Studios, [[Burbank, California]]
==Jesse McCartney's/Original Version==
[[Jesse McCartney]]'s version of the song (also known as the original version) will be included as a bonus track on some editions of his upcoming third album "[[Departure]]". The song was originally recorded by McCartney but felt the song didn't fit in with the rest of the album and was scrapped. Music mogul [[Clive Davis]] later discovered the song from [[Ryan Tedder]] (co-writter and producer of the song) and gave it to Lewis. McCartney's version was leaked in full (low quality) on April 29, 2008.

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| [[19 October]] [[2007]]
| [[Syco Records|Syco Music]]
| [[CD]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="hear"/>
| [[21 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| [[Digital download]]
|-
| [[22 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| CD
|-
| [[New Zealand]]
| [[3 December]] [[2007]]
| [[Sony BMG]]
| CD
|-
| [[Sweden]]
| [[6 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis New Single + Video 'Bleeding Love' Is Here!|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005243|publisher=Sony BMG Australia|date=[[2007-12-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>
| [[15 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266450354&s=143441&i=266450376|title=Bleeding Love - Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (USA)|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref>
| [[18 December]] [[2007]]
| [[J Records]]
| Digital download
|-
| [[18 March]] [[2008]]
| [[J Records]]
| CD
|-
|[[Italy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetbookshop.it/disco/0886971756227/leona-lewis/bleeding-love.html?shop=2057|publisher=Internet Bookshop|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | [[11 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Germany]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=827988&product=88697175622e|title=Bleeding Love|accessdate=2008-01-27|language=German}}</ref>
| Sony BMG
| CD, maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Switzerland]]<ref name="swisscharts"/>
| Syco
| CD, maxi CD
|-
| [[Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title=LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.hk|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[23 January]] [[2008]]
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.sg/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title= LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.sg|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Austria]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[25 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweb.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/nederland-get-ready-for-leona-lewis|title=Nederland, get ready for Leona Lewis!|language=Dutch|publisher=NewsWeb|date=[[2007-12-13]]|accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref>
| [[28 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[France]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[3 March]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[Australian]] [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"| [[Austrian]] [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Ö3 Top 40]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 50 (Flanders)<ref name="belgium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 40 (Wallonia)<ref name="belgium"/>
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Hot100Brasil|Brazilian Hot 100]]<ref>http://www.hot100brasil.com/chtsinglesb.html</ref>
|align="center"|43
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Canadian+Hot+100&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles|title=Canadian Hot 100|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=''Billboard''}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Croatia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="croatia">{{cite web |url=http://ehot50.blog.hr/2008/01/index.html|title=e!Hot50 Singles |accessdate=2008-01-03 |work=e!Hot50|language=Croatian}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Czech Republic|Czech]] Airplay Top100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=145622&sec=abe19d27a5213e3e54ec6bae1ca17b76|language=Czech|title= RADIO TOP100 Oficiální|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Denmark|Danish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Netherlands|Dutch]] Single Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis|title=Discografie: Leona Lewis|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Estonia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="EST">{{cite web|url=http://www.u-pop.ee/top/muusika/324|title=Eesti Top 40 - Estonia|accessdate=2008-01-08|language=Estonian}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Euro 200]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles|title=European Hot 100 Singles|publisher=[[Billboard.com]]|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Finland|Finnish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Singles Chart<ref name="french">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/top50/sgl0812.stm|title=Top 50 Singles France|language=French|publisher=IFOP|date=[[2008-03-26]]|accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Digital Chart<ref name="French Digital">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/topteletitres/tlt0812.stm|title=Top 50 Digital Download France|language=French|publisher=IFOP|date=[[2008-03-22]]|accessdate=2008-04-04}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Germany|German]] [[Top100 Singles]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Greece|Greek]] Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher[[IFPI]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Hungary|Hungarian]] Airplay Chart<ref name="hungary">{{cite web |url=http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=radios_top_40|title=Mahasz archive|language=Hungarian|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Italy|Italian]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s Italiancharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan]]ese Billboard Hot 100<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/top.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Japanese Billboard Hot 100 Airplay<ref name="Japan Airplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Latin America]]n International Airplay Chart<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved [[April 3]] [[2008]].</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvian Airplay Top 50]]<ref name="latvia">{{cite web |url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2007/071216lv.html |title=Latvian Airplay Top |accessdate=2007-12-21 |work=Lanet.lv |date=[[16 December]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand]] [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[VG-lista]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Polish National Top 50]]<ref name="poland">{{cite web|url=http://euro200.eu.mialias.net/Polish-Top50.htm|title=Polish National Top 50|date=[[2008-02-17]]|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Portugal|Portuguese]] Top 50 National Sales<ref>[http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52387 Bleeding Love Peak Positions in official sales charts]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |title=Romanian Top 100 |language=Romanian|date=[[2008-02-25]]|accessdate=2008-02-25|publisher=Vento Consultanta SRL}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Russia]]n Top 100 Airplay Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tophitru.com/airplay_week.shtml|title=Russian Airplay Chart|date=[[2008-03-02]]|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Slovakia|Slovak]] Airplay Chart<ref name="slovakia">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=144828&sec=eee8e42f9f586e367127996528e712b8 |language=Slovak|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna|publisher=IFPI|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Slovenia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="euro"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Spain|Spanish]] [[Los 40 Principales]] Chart <ref>http://www.los40.com/actualidad/listas/lista40.html</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Sweden|Swedish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Switzerland|Swiss]] Singles Top 100<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey|Turkish]] Top 20 Chart<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkish Airplay Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Pop 100|Pop 100]]<ref name="U.S.">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3093861&cdi=9742098&cid=04%2F26%2F2008|title=Billboard Chart History |accessdate=2008-04-26 |work=Billboard|language=English}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="U.S.">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3093861&cdi=9742098&cid=04%2F26%2F2008|title=Billboard Chart History |accessdate=2008-04-26 |work=Billboard|language=English}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|98
|-
|align="left"|[[United World Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|}



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| years = [[October 25]] [[2007]] – [[December 16]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Tattoo (song)|Tattoo]]" by [[Jordin Sparks]] }}
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{{s-bef | before = "[[About You Now]]" by [[Sugababes]] }}
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| years = [[October 28]] [[2007]] – [[December 9]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[What a Wonderful World]]" by [[Katie Melua]] and [[Eva Cassidy]] }}
{{s-bef | rows=7 | before = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart [[list of number-one singles in 2007 (NZ)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[December 17]] [[2007]] – [[December 24]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 16]] [[2008]] – [[February 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by Schnuffel }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[January 21]] [[2008]] – [[February 18]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Bulgarian National Top 40]] [[Bulgarian National Top 40 number-one singles of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = [[January 27]] [[2008]] – [[February 2]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[No One (Alicia Keys song)|No One]]" by [[Alicia Keys]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Top100 Singles|German Top100 Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 25]] [[2008]] – [[February 19]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by Schnuffel }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] [[List of European number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[March 8]] [[2008]] - [[March 15]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (second run)
| years = [[March 22]] [[2008]] - [[March 29]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]" by [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (third run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] - [[April 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
| years = [[December 31]] [[2007]] – [[January 28]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] feat. [[T-Pain]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Beggin']]" by [[Madcon]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Norwegian [[VG-lista]] Singles Chart number-one single
| years = [[February 6]] [[2008]] – [[February 20]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Hold On Be Strong]]" by [[Maria Haukaas Storeng]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Il avait les mots]]" by [[Sheryfa Luna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart [[SNEP number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 22]] [[2008]] - [[March 29]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Dangerous (M. Pokora song)|Dangerous]]" by [[M. Pokora]] featuring [[Timbaland]] and [[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[United World Chart]] [[Number-one hits of 2008 (World)|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 29]] [[2008]] - [[April 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love in This Club]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] - [[April 12]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | rows=2 | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
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{{s-ttl | title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] - [[April 12]] [[2008]]}}
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{{s-bef | rows=2 |before = "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey }}
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{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = [[April 26]] [[2008]] - [[May 3]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] }}
{{s-bef |before = "Together" by [[Bob Sinclair]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Portuguese National Top 50 number-one single
| years = [[April 27]] [[2008]]}}
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{{s-bef |before = "[[Burn -Fumetsu no Face-]]" by [[B'z]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Japan ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 number-one single
| years = [[May 5]] [[2008]]}}
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{{end}}

==See also==
*[[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)]]

==References==
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Bleeding Love

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Bleeding Love
| Cover = LeonaSingle-250.jpg
| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]]
| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]
| B-side = "Forgiveness"
| Released = {{Start date|2007|10|19|df=yes}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:01 (radio edit) 4:21 (album version)
| Label = [[Sony BMG]], [[Syco]]
| Writer = [[Ryan Tedder]] [[Jesse McCartney]]
| Producer = Ryan Tedder
| Certification = Platinum ([[RIAA]], [[Australian ARIA Singles Chart|ARIA]], [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], [[RIANZ]]) Gold (Belgium)
| Last single = "[[A Moment Like This]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Bleeding Love'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Better in Time]]"/"[[Footprints in the Sand (song)|Footprints in the Sand]]" (2008)
}}

"'''Bleeding Love'''" is a [[pop music|pop]]–[[contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]] written by [[Ryan Tedder]] and [[Jesse McCartney]]<ref name="notes">{{cite album-notes|title= Bleeding Love|bandname = Leona Lewis|year = 2007 |format = CD Single|publisher = Sony BMG|publisherid= 88697175622}}</ref> and produced by Tedder for [[Leona Lewis]]'s debut album, ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'',<ref name="popjustice">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Basically a press release presented as "news"|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1492&Itemid=9|publisher=Popjustice|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> on which it is the [[opening track]]. The song is the album's first single (Lewis's official second single following "[[A Moment like This]]") released in the United Kingdom and the [[Republic of Ireland]] in October 2007.<ref name="hear">{{cite news|title=Hear Bleeding Love!|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Pages/NewsList.aspx?pageName=news&NewsID=39|date=[[14 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref> The single was released digitally in December 2007 in the [[United States]], and worldwide between December 2007 and March 2008 (see [[#Release history|release history]]). "Bleeding Love" became the best selling single of 2007 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]],<ref name="winehouseandlewis">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm|title= Winehouse and Lewis head charts|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> and has so far reached number one in the singles and airplay charts in over twenty-eight countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.

==Promotion==
The song's first radio play was on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[BBC Radio 1#Chart Show|Chart Show]] on [[16 September]] [[2007]],<ref name="hear"/> and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger [[Perez Hilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/?p=5595|title=At Long Last… Leona Has Arrived!|publisher=[[Perez Hilton]]|date=[[16 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> It is reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=18416899&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965|title=Leona set for success?|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=[[20 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> The song was also [[Scott Mills]]' record of the week from Monday [[24 September]] to Friday [[28 September]].<ref>{{cite news|title=X-Factor winner releases album|url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.1718276.0.xfactor_winner_releases_album.php|publisher=Penarth Times|date=[[28 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on [[11 October|11]] and [[12 October]] [[2007]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Regional radio tour|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7024/|publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[10 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> This was followed by an appearance on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'' on [[15 October]]. Lewis performed the song live on the [[The X Factor (UK series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' on [[20 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-leona-lewis-will-perform-on-first-live-show/|publisher=Unreality TV|date=[[16 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]], [[GMTV]] and ''[[Loose Women]]''.

Lewis also performed the song at the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] on [[29 February]] [[2008]], and on [[Germany|German]] entertainment show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on [[1 March]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/leona-lewis-keeps-you-updated/4481|title=LEONA LEWIS keeps you updated|publisher=Berlinista|date=[[2008-02-29]]|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lewis made her US television debut on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', on [[17 March]] [[2008]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article886094.ece|title=Leona to be an Oprah singer|publisher=''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''|date=[[2008-03-07]]|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> where she performed "Bleeding Love". She has also sung on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on [[4 April]] [[2008]] , ''[[Live With Regis And Kelly]]'' on [[8 April]] [[2008]], ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on [[11 april]] [[2008]] and ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on [[17 April]] [[2008]]. Lewis will perform the song live on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh series]] of ''[[American Idol]]'' on Wednesday 23 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/03/leona-lewis-to-crack-us/|title=Leona Lewis To Crack US|publisher=Product Reviews|date=[[2008-01-03]]|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref> It has been confirmed that Lewis will perform "Bleeding Love" on the semi-finals of ''[[Dancing With The Stars]]'' on [[13 May]] [[2008]].

==Reception==

Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/09/17/leona-lewis-is-back-with-bleeding-love/|title=Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love"|publisher=Showbiz Spy|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an ''X Factor'' star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' ''X Factor'' fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78023/leona-lewis-bleeding-love.html|title=Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref> It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on [[31 December]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81940/digital-spys-top-20-singles-of-2007.html |title=Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=[[2007-12-31]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

However, [[BBC America]]'s reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s [[Mariah Carey]] album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the [[nightclub|club]], too fast for the [[foxtrot]]. Actually, with its [[marching band]] drum beat, it sounds as much like [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those [[melisma|vocal acrobatics]] that have historically plagued [[Christina Aguilera]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=561|title=Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=[[17 September]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i5852afde016b362423c937d1e69c8a7c|title=Bleeding Love: Leona Lewis|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/grading_the_itu.php|title=Grading The iTunes Hits|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Tom|last=Breihan|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>

===Awards===
In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name="Record of the Year">{{cite web |url=http://www.roty.tv/|title=Record Of The Year |publisher=roty.tv |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and the award for Best Track in the [[Virgin Media]] Music Awards 2007.<ref name="virginmediaaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=2|title=Best Track: Leona Lewis| publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>

In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the [[2008 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/602/|title=Leona, Mika & Take That Lead UK Nominations For 2008|publisher=Brit Awards|date=[[2008-01-14]]|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Although the award was won by [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes.

==Chart performance==
It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on [[28 October]] [[2007]] at number one.<ref name="storms"/><ref name="acharts"/> With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from ''The X Factor'' to achieve two UK number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008942264|title=Leona's Single Has "The X-Factor"|publisher=All News Headlines|first=Sally|last=Grover|date=[[2007-10-25]]|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> Its seven week run at number one was also the longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history.

In [[Australia]] it debuted at number nine on the [[ARIA Charts]] on [[24 December]] [[2007]]. Four weeks later, it knocked [[OneRepublic]]'s "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" off the number one position on the Digital Track chart. On [[21 January]] [[2008]], Lewis became the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] since [[Sandi Thom]]'s "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" in early 2007. On [[10 February]] [[2008]], the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50|title=Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=[[2008-02-11]]|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>

In [[New Zealand]], Leona became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since [[Jamelia]]'s Superstar topped the chart in February 2004, (the [[Sugababes]] topped the chart in January 2006, being the last British females to top the chart).

The single debuted at number one in the [[Irish Singles Chart]], where it remained for eight weeks.<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="irishchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 50 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> It also debuted at number one in [[Austria]] and [[Germany]], staying there for four weeks in Germany and six so far in Austria.<ref name="acharts"/> In the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand]] charts, it topped the chart for five weeks.<ref>http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref> It also reached number one in [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s</ref>

"Bleeding Love" also entered both the [[UK Official Download Chart]] and the [[Irish Downloads Chart]] at number one.<ref name="ukdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.co.uk/top40_downloads_last.php?week=3&end=28/10/2007%20-%2003/11/2007|title=TOP 40 DOWNLOADS ARCHIVE :: WEEK 44 : 28/10/2007 - 03/11/2007|publisher=[[The Official UK Charts Company]]|accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref><ref name="irishdownloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240006&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=43|title=TOP 20 DOWNLOADS, WEEK ENDING 25 October 2007|publisher=ChartTrack|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> The B-side, "Forgiveness", reached number 46 in the UK Singles Chart, and 39 in the Irish Singles Chart, due to download sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/28960|title=Leona Lewis - Forgiveness|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref>

In the [[United World Chart]], the song entered at number 11 on [[10 November]] [[2007]] with 176,000 points, being named "Hot Shot Debut" of the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week45-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 45 / 2007 - November 10|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The second week it dropped to number 15 with 137,000 points<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week46-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 46 / 2007 - November 17|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-17]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and in the third week it was at number 20 with 122,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week47-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 47 / 2007 - November 24|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-11-24]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then moved out of the top 20, gaining 113,000 points at number 22<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week48-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 48 / 2007 - December 1|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-01]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and 101,000 points at number 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week49-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 49 / 2007 - December 8|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> Its decline continued the next week, with a chart position of 30 and 85,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week50-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 50 / 2007 - December 15|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-15]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the seventh and eighth weeks on the chart, it climbed to numbers 21 and 18, receiving 102,000 and 116,000 points respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week51-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 51 / 2007 - December 22|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-22]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week52-2007.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 52 / 2007 - December 29|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2007-12-29]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> In the first chart of 2008, it had climbed back to its entry position of 11, with 143,000 points and being named the "Largest Points Increase" for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week01-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 1 / 2008 - January 5|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> It then got 158,000 points and dropped back down to 15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week02-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 2 / 2008 - January 12|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-12]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> and the following week climbed to 12 with 151,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week03-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 3 / 2008 - January 19|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-19]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The next week, on [[26 January]], it achieved its highest chart position to date, number 9 with 148,000 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week04-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 4 / 2008 - January 26|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-01-26]]|accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> The following week it climbed again to number 5 with 196,000 points, the largest points increase for that week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week05-2008.htm|title=United World Chart Tracks week 5 / 2008 - February 2|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-02]]|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref> The following week the single climbed to number 4 with 210,000 points, and the next week, "Bleeding Love" achieved 236,000 points, surpassing the 2 million points mark, retaining its position at number 4 in the United World Chart, with the largest points increase for that week, and earning platinum status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week07-2008.htm|title=
United World Chart Tracks week 7 / 2008 - February 16|publisher=Media Traffic|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> The song overtook "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] to become the #1 single on the chart.

In the [[United States]], the single's digital release on [[December 18]], [[2007]], led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689702|title=Ask Billboard|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=[[2007-12-28]]|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> As the song was added to song rotations throughout the U.S., increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 11 on the charting week of [[16 February]], [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3091539&cdi=9667806&cid=02%2F16%2F2008|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Bleeding Love Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 16 2008|publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-02-16]]|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The subsequent two weeks pushed the song up the charts, officially debuting on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] on the charting week of [[1 March]] [[2008]] at number 85.<ref name="acharts"/> The song has become Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, reaching #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]],<ref name="acharts"/>, and has also peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard.com - Charts - Singles - Pop 100]</ref> and #1 on the [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref>[http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65345&st=0&#entry1812226 US Billboard Digital Chart - BuzzJack Music Forum]</ref><ref name="billboard"/> This makes Lewis only the third female artist from the U.K. to ever have a number one hit on the Hot 100 with her first single, following [[Petula Clark]] with "[[Downtown (song)|Downtown]]" in [[1965]] and [[Sheena Easton]] with "[[Morning Train (Nine to Five)]]" in [[1981]].<ref name="billboard chart beat">{{citeweb|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|title=Top of the World |publisher=''Billboard''|date=[[2008-03-27]]|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> In addition it is also the first U.S. number one song (debut or not) by a solo British female since [[Kim Wilde]]'s "[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" more than 20 years prior.<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts The Times 27 March, 2008]</ref> The song had sold a total of 1,147,964 in U.S. digital downloads.<ref>http://www.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38731&page=524</ref> It also jumped to number one in Canada in the same week. In the U.S., "Bleeding Love" reached number one for a week, before slipping to number four, rising to number two the next week, and then returning to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. This coincided with the parent album ''Spirit'' debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, making Leona the first solo British artist in 18 years to top the ''Billboard'' albums and singles simultaneously.

"Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8547/10/|title=Airplay chart |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-13]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[France]],<ref name="frenchairplay">{{cite web|url=http://charly1300.site.voila.fr/top100france.htm|title=Top 100 Airplay France|date=[[2008-03-09]]|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> [[Australia]],<ref name="queenofoz">{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8470/15/|title=The Queen of Oz! |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=[[2008-02-04]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> [[New Zealand]], [[Croatia]],<ref name="croatia"/> [[Slovenia]],<ref name="euro"/> [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="luxembourg"/> [[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvia]],<ref name="latvia"/> [[Slovakia]]<ref name="slovakia"/> and [[Estonia]].<ref name="EST"/> In the [[Greece|Greek]] Airplay Chart, it reached number two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/euro/Greece.asp|title=Greece Top 20 Chart|date=[[2008-01-29]]|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>

==Sales performance==
"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on [[22 October]] [[2007]], when it sold over 66,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/24102007/364/lewis-smash-fastest-selling-single-record.html&e=l_news_dm|title=Yahoo Music News|publisher=[[Yahoo Music]]|date=[[24th October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref> and topped the UK [[iTunes Store]] chart.<ref name="racetotop"/> It was reported to be outselling [[Take That]]'s "[[Rule the World]]" by three-to-one in chain store [[Woolworths Group PLC|Woolworths]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article.aspx?articleid=2765&title=The+9+O'Clock+News+%E2%80%93+Tues+23+Oct|title=The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct|publisher=[[heat (magazine)|heatworld.com]]|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> and [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Gimme More]]" by ten-to-one.<ref name="racetotop">{{cite news|title=X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top spot|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=489284&in_page_id=1773|publisher=''Daily Mail''|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday [[25 October]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article389283.ece|title=Leona and TT chart race over|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[26 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday [[26 October]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm going to find the new McFly!|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/19340/I-m-going-to-find-the-new-McFly-/|publisher=''[[Daily Star]]''|date=[[27 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five singles combined.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/leona-lewis-breaks-first-week-record-235.html|title=Leona Lewis Breaks First Week Record|publisher=Musicrooms|date=[[29 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref><ref name="storms">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis storms singles chart|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=[[28 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref> It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona helps smash download record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[31 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref>

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles beat Britney to number one |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077856.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=[[4 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis holds onto the top spot|url=http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=40268|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=[[11 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/28956 |title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Music Charts |work=aCharts.us |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.<ref name="winehouseandlewis"/> "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on [[9 November]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33059|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2007-11-09]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> and platinum on [[18 January]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33133|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=[[2008-01-18]]|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.<ref name="acharts"/>

As of Thursday 24th April 2008 the single has sold more than 1.1 Million copies and it is still riding high in the US charts

==Music videos==
[[Image:Bleeding Love (video).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lewis in the music video for "Bleeding Love", wearing a £100,000 Dolce & Gabbana crystal-encrusted dress.]]
There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by [[Melina (director)|Melina]] and was filmed in Los Angeles.<ref name="videoshoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Blogs/DisplayBlog.aspx?BlogID=26|title=Bleeding Love video shoot|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="dressedtothrill">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/view/17103/Leona-s-dressed-to-thrill/|title=Leona's Dressed To Thrill|publisher=''Daily Star''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> It is set in an apartment block and features six storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona's new vid is X-rated|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007450782,00.html|publisher=''The Sun''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}} {{Dead link|date=February 2008}}</ref> Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."<ref name="videoshoot"/> Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'', saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love.

For the video, Lewis wore a [[pound sterling|£]]100,000 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed {{convert|40|lb|kg|lk=on}},<ref name="dressedtothrill"/><ref name="Leona glams up for vid">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/03/ooh-la-la-89520-19885710/|title=Leona glams up for vid|publisher=''The Mirror''|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-03}}</ref> and reportedly had an entourage of 150 people on set, including five stylists flown out from the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/3am/2007/10/01/leona-s-diva-demands-89520-19874125/|title=Leona's diva demands|publisher=''The Daily Mirror''|date=[[1 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-02}}</ref> The same dress was later worn by [[Victoria Beckham]] in the video for the [[Spice Girls]] charity single "[[Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=236659672&p=z3666x378|title=Leona Lewis inspires Beckham and Parker|publisher=IrelandOn-Line|date=[[2007-11-05]]|accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref>

The video first aired on [[17 October]] [[2007]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleeding Love video|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7041/|publisher=[[RCA Label Group]]|date=[[17 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website [[YouTube]] the same day.

Lewis filmed a second video in [[New York City]] for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video was written by [[Ryan Tedder]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Tedder's Back-up plan|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5460153.html|publisher=Chron|date=[[2008-01-16]]|accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> and it was directed by Jesse Terrero.<ref name="NY Video">{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (NY Video)|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/terrero_films/index.html|publisher=Video Static|date=[[2007-12-20]]|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> The video premiered in the United States on [[29 January]] [[2008]] on [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=56495905&stationId=&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Far-37956508-videos--Leona-Lewis|title=Bleeding Love video|publisher=Yahoo! Music|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was uploaded to YouTube on [[30 January]] [[2008]]. Its television debut was on [[4 February]] [[2008]] on [[VH1]] as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.<ref name="usrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2008/0004744196&EDATE=|title=U.K. Singer and Songwriter Leona Lewis to Release Debut Album Spirit in the U.S. on April 8th|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
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*'''CD single''' (88697175622)
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) ([[Ryan Tedder]], Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis Bleeding Love|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/releases/594/|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> ([[Kara DioGuardi]], Leona Lewis, [[Salaam Remi]])<ref name="notes"/> — 4:26

*'''Maxi single'''(88697222422)<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Song)|publisher=SwissCharts.com|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
#"[[A Moment like This]]" ([[Jörgen Elofsson]], John Reid) — 4:17
#"Bleeding Love" (video)

*'''U.S. CD Promotional Single''' (88697218242)<ref>[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=426587 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (426587)]</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10

*'''U.S. digital CD single''' (886972980522)<ref name="Single available at Target Stores">{{cite web|title=Single available at Target Stores|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/index.php/international/us}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21

==Credits and personnel==
*Lead [[vocals]] – Leona Lewis
*[[Audio mixing]] – Phil Tan
*[[Recording engineer]] – [[Ryan Tedder]]
*Assistant recording engineers – Nate Hertweck and Craig Durrance
*[[Record producer|Producer]] – Ryan Tedder
*All instruments – Ryan Tedder
*Programming – Ryan Tedder
*[[String instrument|String]] arrangement – Ryan Tedder
*Recorded at:
**Mansfield Studios, [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
**[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
**Encore Studios, [[Burbank, California]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| [[19 October]] [[2007]]
| [[Syco Records|Syco Music]]
| [[CD]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="hear"/>
| [[21 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| [[Digital download]]
|-
| [[22 October]] [[2007]]
| Syco
| CD
|-
| [[New Zealand]]
| [[3 December]] [[2007]]
| [[Sony BMG]]
| CD
|-
| [[Sweden]]
| [[6 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis New Single + Video 'Bleeding Love' Is Here!|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005243|publisher=Sony BMG Australia|date=[[2007-12-10]]|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>
| [[15 December]] [[2007]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266450354&s=143441&i=266450376|title=Bleeding Love - Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (USA)|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref>
| [[18 December]] [[2007]]
| [[J Records]]
| Digital download
|-
| [[18 March]] [[2008]]
| [[J Records]]
| CD
|-
|[[Italy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetbookshop.it/disco/0886971756227/leona-lewis/bleeding-love.html?shop=2057|publisher=Internet Bookshop|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | [[11 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Germany]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=827988&product=88697175622e|title=Bleeding Love|accessdate=2008-01-27|language=German}}</ref>
| Sony BMG
| CD, maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Switzerland]]<ref name="swisscharts"/>
| Syco
| CD, maxi CD
|-
| [[Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title=LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.hk|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[23 January]] [[2008]]
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.sg/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title= LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.sg|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Austria]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[25 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweb.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/nederland-get-ready-for-leona-lewis|title=Nederland, get ready for Leona Lewis!|language=Dutch|publisher=NewsWeb|date=[[2007-12-13]]|accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref>
| [[28 January]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| [[France]]{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| [[3 March]] [[2008]]
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[Croatia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="croatia">{{cite web |url=http://ehot50.blog.hr/2008/01/index.html|title=e!Hot50 Singles |accessdate=2008-01-03 |work=e!Hot50|language=Croatian}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvian Airplay Top 50]]<ref name="latvia">{{cite web |url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2007/071216lv.html |title=Latvian Airplay Top |accessdate=2007-12-21 |work=Lanet.lv |date=[[16 December]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand]] [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Slovenia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="euro"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Australian]] [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"| [[Austrian]] [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Ö3 Top 40]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 50 (Flanders)<ref name="belgium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium|Belgian]] Ultratop 40 (Wallonia)<ref name="belgium"/>
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Bulgarian National Top 40]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=Canadian+Hot+100&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles|title=Canadian Hot 100|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=''Billboard''}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Czech Republic|Czech]] Airplay Top100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=145622&sec=abe19d27a5213e3e54ec6bae1ca17b76|language=Czech|title= RADIO TOP100 Oficiální|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Denmark|Danish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Netherlands|Dutch]] Single Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis|title=Discografie: Leona Lewis|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Estonia]]n Airplay Chart<ref name="EST">{{cite web|url=http://www.u-pop.ee/top/muusika/324|title=Eesti Top 40 - Estonia|accessdate=2008-01-08|language=Estonian}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles|title=European Hot 100 Singles|publisher=[[Billboard.com]]|date=[[2008-03-08]]|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Finland|Finnish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Singles Chart<ref name="french">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/top50/sgl0812.stm|title=Top 50 Singles France|language=French|publisher=IFOP|date=[[2008-03-26]]|accessdate=2008-03-26}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[France|French]] Digital Chart<ref name="French Digital">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/topteletitres/tlt0812.stm|title=Top 50 Digital Download France|language=French|publisher=IFOP|date=[[2008-03-22]]|accessdate=2008-04-04}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Germany|German]] [[Top100 Singles]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Greece|Greek]] Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher[[IFPI]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Hungary|Hungarian]] Airplay Chart<ref name="hungary">{{cite web |url=http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=radios_top_40|title=Mahasz archive|language=Hungarian|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Italy|Italian]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s Italiancharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan|Japanese]] Billboard Hot 100<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_100/j_100.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Japanese Billboard Hot 100 Airplay<ref name="Japan Airplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Latin America|Latin American]] International Airplay Chart<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved [[April 3]] [[2008]].</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[VG-lista]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Polish National Top 50]]<ref name="poland">{{cite web|url=http://euro200.eu.mialias.net/Polish-Top50.htm|title=Polish National Top 50|date=[[2008-02-17]]|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Portugal|Portuguese]] Top 10 Digital Sales<ref>[http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52387 Bleeding Love Peak Positions in official sales charts]</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |title=Romanian Top 100 |language=Romanian|date=[[2008-02-25]]|accessdate=2008-02-25|publisher=Vento Consultanta SRL}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Russia]]n Top 100 Airplay Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tophitru.com/airplay_week.shtml|title=Russian Airplay Chart|date=[[2008-03-02]]|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Slovakia|Slovak]] Airplay Chart<ref name="slovakia">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=144828&sec=eee8e42f9f586e367127996528e712b8 |language=Slovak|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna|publisher=IFPI|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Spain|Spanish]] [[Los 40 Principales]] Chart <ref>http://www.los40.com/actualidad/listas/lista40.html</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Sweden|Swedish]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Switzerland|Swiss]] Singles Top 100<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey|Turkish]] Top 20 Chart<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkish Airplay Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref name={{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=815431&model.vnuAlbumId=1095856}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Dance Airplay]]<ref name={{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=815431&model.vnuAlbumId=1095856}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://billboardradio.com/billboardradio/radiojava.jsp - Artist chart history|title=Billboard|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[United World Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|}



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{{s-bef | before = "[[If That's OK with You]]" by [[Shayne Ward]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[number-one singles in Ireland (2007)|number-one single]]
| years = [[October 25]] [[2007]] – [[December 16]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[About You Now]]" by [[Sugababes]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[list of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2007|number-one single]]
| years = [[October 28]] [[2007]] – [[December 9]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[What a Wonderful World]]" by [[Katie Melua]] and [[Eva Cassidy]] }}
{{s-bef | rows=7 | before = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart [[list of number-one singles in 2007 (NZ)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[December 17]] [[2007]] – [[December 24]] [[2007]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 16]] [[2008]] – [[February 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by Schnuffel }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[January 21]] [[2008]] – [[February 18]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Bulgarian National Top 40]] [[Bulgarian National Top 40 number-one singles of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = [[January 27]] [[2008]] – [[February 2]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[No One (Alicia Keys song)|No One]]" by [[Alicia Keys]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Top100 Singles|German Top100 Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[January 25]] [[2008]] – [[February 19]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by Schnuffel }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] [[List of European number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[March 8]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (second run)
| years = [[March 22]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]" by [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (third run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] - [[April 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
| years = [[December 31]] [[2007]] – [[January 28]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] feat. [[T-Pain]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Beggin']]" by [[Madcon]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Norwegian [[VG-lista]] Singles Chart number-one single
| years = [[February 6]] [[2008]] – [[February 20]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Hold On Be Strong]]" by [[Maria Haukaas Storeng]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Il avait les mots]]" by [[Sheryfa Luna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart [[SNEP number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 22]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Dangerous (M. Pokora song)|Dangerous]]" by [[M. Pokora]] featuring [[Timbaland]] and [[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[United World Chart]] [[Number-one hits of 2008 (World)|number-one single]]
| years = [[March 29]] [[2008]] - [[April 19]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]] by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love in This Club]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]] }}
{{s-aft | rows=2 | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = [[April 5]] [[2008]]}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] & [[Justin Timberlake]] }}
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==See also==
*[[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)]]

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One

2008-01-12T07:26:37Z

Tsukamoto: Adding: interlang

Der Begriff '''One''' bezeichnet unter anderem:
* einen österreichischen Mobilfunkanbieter, siehe [[one (Mobilfunk)]]
* eine britische Eisenbahngesellschaft, siehe [[One (Eisenbahn)]]
* ein Lied der Band Metallica, siehe [[One (Metallica)]]
* ein Lied der Band [[U2]], siehe [[Achtung Baby]]
* das englische Wort für die Zahl [[Eins]]
* der Name der Jugendarbeit der [[EFG Gütersloh]]
* ein Album von [[Kool Savas]] & [[Azad (Rapper)|Azad]], siehe [[One (Album)]]
* eine Compilation der Beatles, siehe [[One (The Beatles)]]
* einen gemeinnützigen Verein, der die Europäische Idee durch Faktenwissen der Bürger voranbringen will, siehe [[One - OurNiceEurope e.V.]]
* einen Film mit Jet Li in der Hauptrolle, siehe [[One (Film)]]
* ein Lied der Band Creed auf deren erstem Album My Own Prison, siehe [[One (Creed)]]
* ein Magazin über Stars
* einen amerikanischen Film, der philosophische Fragen anhand von Interviews erörtert
* ein Modell eines Navigationssystems der Firma [[TomTom (Unternehmen)]]
* ein Lied von Johnny Cash, siehe [[One (Johnny Cash)]]
* ein deutscher Notebookhersteller
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Hausarzt

2007-12-25T14:06:29Z

Tsukamoto: +ja

Ein '''Hausarzt''' ist ein niedergelassener (freiberuflicher) oder ein in einem [[Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum|Medizinischen Versorgungszentrum]] angestellter [[Arzt]], der für den Patienten meist die erste Anlaufstelle bei medizinischen Problemen ist und nach dem [[Hausarztmodell]] sogar sein muss. 37,1 Prozent der Ärzte in Deutschland sind Hausärzte<ref>Arzt & Wirtschaft, ''Hausärzte am Ende der Skala'', 09/2007, S. 20 </ref>.

Er ist im Regelfall mit dem Apotheker die erste medizinische „Anlaufstelle“, die man bei Gesundheitsproblemen oder -fragen aufsucht. Bei schwereren [[Krankheit]]en sind viele dieser Ärzte auch zu [[Hausbesuch]]en bereit.

Wichtig für Hausarzt und Patient ist ein Vertrauensverhältnis, weshalb man auch vom ''Familienarzt'' spricht. Im Idealfall kennt der Arzt von früheren Gelegenheiten im Wesentlichen die Lebens- bzw. Krankengeschichte, während er sie bei neuen Patienten erst in längerem Gespräch erheben muss ([[Anamnese (Medizin)|Anamnese]]). Durch eine gewisse Kenntnis der persönlichen Situation und das Vertrauen der Patienten können Hausärzte oft auch bei [[Psyche|psychisch]]en Problemen oder Konflikten besser helfen als mancher Spezialist.

Wenn nötig, schreibt der Hausarzt auch die [[Ärztliche Behandlung#Überweisungen|Überweisung]] zum Facharzt, zu einer speziellen [[Therapie]] bzw. ins [[Krankenhaus]].

Das Durchschnittseinkommen eines Hausarztes liegt nach einer Statistik der [[OECD]] in Deutschland bei 80.730 Euro, in der Schweiz bei 87.000 Euro und in den Niederlanden bei 94.300 Euro. Privateinnahmen sind dabei nicht berücksichtigt.<ref>Arzt & Wirtschaft, ''Hausärzte am Ende der Skala'', 09/2007, S. 20 </ref>

== Deutschland ==

In Deutschland sind als Hausärzte tätig:

* Fachärzte für [[Allgemeinmedizin]]
* Hausärztlich niedergelassene [[Facharzt|Fachärzte]] für [[Innere Medizin]]
* So genannte [[Praktischer Arzt|praktische Ärzte]], also ohne Facharztanerkennung. (Für die [[Kassenzulassung]] bedarf es heute einer Facharztprüfung, die Neuzulassung eines prakt. Arztes als [[Vertragsarzt]] ist heute nicht mehr möglich.)
* [[Pädiatrie|Facharzt für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin]] (früher Kinderarzt).

Die Abrechnung seiner Leistungen erfolgt bei den gesetzlich Krankenversicherten mit der [[Krankenkasse]] über die [[Kassenärztliche Vereinigung]], ggf. unter Einzug der gesetzlichen Zuzahlung [[Praxisgebühr]], bei Privatpatienten mit diesen direkt. 2004 setzte eine Hausarztpraxis in Deutschland im Durchschnitt 176.100 Euro um. Der Kostenanteil betrug 52,8 Prozent des Umsatzes.<ref>Arzt & Wirtschaft, ''Hausärzte am Ende der Skala'', 09/2007, S. 20 </ref>

== Verwandte Themen ==

* [[Leibarzt|Leibärzte]] sind Hausärzte im ausschließlichen Dienst einer Einzelperson oder Familie.

== Weblinks ==

* [http://infobub.arbeitsagentur.de/berufe/start?dest=profession&prof-id=27359 Berufsinformation zum Facharzt/-ärztin für Innere Medizin und Allgemeinmedizin (Hausarzt) im Berufenet der Arbeitsagentur]
* [http://www.die-gesundheitsreform.de/glossar/hausarztsystem.html Das Glossar zur Gesundheitsreform: Hausarztsystem]
* [http://www.sgam.ch/pdf/eurodef.pdf www.sgam.ch/pdf/eurodef.pdf] Europäische Definition der Hausarzt-/Allgemeinmedizin, 2002

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